But they are [coordinating with "big brother"], pandering to RIAA for instance, all the while doing nothing to support the "little guy"... whose resources are being sucked by botnets.
Consider this analogy: I'd liike local police to crack down on property theft, say, even ones under $700 in value. That doesn't mean that local police should confiscate all dark-colored clothing, and also confiscate all crowbars, boltcutters, etc... I'd also like it if they cracked down on murder, but I think that is possible while maintaining the right to Bear Arms (yes, arms of a bear, comic relief!). I don't think there's enough collective intelligence at the politcal & business level, but I think that in 20 years we'll laugh about the naughts (00's) and the nineties. What would stop them from arbitrarily deciding that some other [ipv6!] traffic is "bad" would be the same things that help us collectively determine what is acceptible public behaviour in an open society. Things like a sense of consequences, how actions affect others, understanding of the physics (or shall I say "the nature") of our environment, etc. So yeah, if I want to peel out & drive doughnuts in my field, I'll be allowed to, until the waste of fuel is deemed illegal. Then I'll call it research :) ** However, if I steal the neighbor's kids and enslave them to my profit or amusement, that is clearly wrong by our standards!! ** I don't know if I actually compared children to computers, there.... :) ...if I did, then my neighbors would still pay for their kids' expenses, while they worked a sweatshop at my "day camp", so to speak.... that would be wrong, no? So yeah, in a public space our actions and communication are observed for appropriateness... the only thing I AM sure of is that we'll either argue about the fine line of having privacy in an open society, or else we'll have the answer [attempted to be] shoved down our throats. I'd rather see a collective stuggle to get it right -- there will be plenty of mistakes to learn from. ben On 2/12/07, Russ Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Ben Barrett wrote: > And why aren't google, microsoft, and major ISP's really cracking down > on the botnet infrastructure?? They have all the tools and the power.... Personal opinion... If they crack down on the botnets, what's to stop them from deciding (arbitrarily) that some other tcp/ip traffic is "bad"? I like the fact that most ISPs have taken the attitude that they are just a piece of wire in the circuit. I didn't ask them to protect me from myself, and I appreciate the fact that they aren't acting like big brother. Russ _______________________________________________ EUGLUG mailing list [email protected] http://www.euglug.org/mailman/listinfo/euglug
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