Mark Durham wrote: > > Better classified as "social engineering".... > Internet engineering should reflect societal needs, has had (and will continue to have) a profound impact on social and other organisation........
Re-posted from the istf list - www.istf.org: >As has been pointed out time and again here in the last few days, >the only impact (relevant to this list) in action terms has been >efforts to constrict the free and self-determining nature of the >Internet. How will this help terrorism from taking shape in the >future? Does anyone truly believe it will? > >May I request that we continue to focus on ways to ensure that the >freedoms inherent in the structure of the Internet be preserved, >rather than destroyed by creeping limitations. The only way to >battle terror is through knowledge (capturing hearts and minds). >Limiting the flow of knowledge will only be destructive. And will >not serve the purpose anyway. To quote John Viscount Morley, a >British parliamentarian and pacifist, "You have not converted a man >because you have silenced him". > >Some of the effective anti-terror solutions will be through policy, >some through technology, just as some of the putative restrictions >are through policy (e.g. the use of Carnivore) and some through >technology (e.g. Ellison's fingerprinter, and MS' XP distortion of >802.11). -- Dominic Pinto ------------- Associate Director @ TCUK | Barn Cottage, Hill House Senior Associate Telesphere Limited | Somerton Road, Souldern http://www.telespherelimited.com | Bicester, Oxon, OX25 6LS, UK ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Ph/Fax: +44 1869 346375 Cellphone/GSM Mobile: +44 780 302 8268 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
