How Will Censorship in the Cloud Play Out
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Interesting article from InfoWorld on Censorship in the Cloud. Maybe censorship will be the key that forces people to maintain the distributed Internet?
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This is really interesting, I'm curious how this will effect future international legislation. Can you imagine when "Data sanctions" become a thing, I really think we're going to see a LOT more of "where is the hardware" in the next few years. At least how it relates to law/international-relations.
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"Where is this hardware" is already a pretty big thing. People are just becoming aware of it, I think.
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@MattKing said:
Can you imagine when "Data sanctions" become a thing,
Ouch. Talk about destroying businesses and economies.
I'd go as far as saying that should Data Sanctions morph into completely geo-blocking a country, that'd be considered an act of war. Particularly if USA geo-blocked Russia. Can you imagine the fall out from USA Government forcing the carriers, that it has influence with, to drop all Russian initiated & destined IP packets?Yes, the Internet can route around censorship but can it at that level?
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As new Internet options arise, yes, I think that it can. Things like satellite, balloon and drone Internet options begin to change how blocking can be done.
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Drones and balloons will struggle to provide the level of bandwidth needed to significantly breach a national border, though.
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That is very true, although it only takes a trickle to get a lot of information in or out. It won't be YouTube or Steam traffic that makes the difference but Twitter and news agencies.
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Good point. A little news feed goes a low way, especially if it can be cached and re-hosted inside the country in question.
