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Boing Boing Founder Warns of "Internet AIDS"

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the orwell-was-an-optimist dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Cory Doctorow, founder of Boing Boing, says he doesn't have a problem in principle with the automated network defense systems that guard the Internet against malware, spamigation bots, and other network nasties. However, in his article 'The Future of Internet Immune Systems,' he bemoans the problems caused by 'Internet autoimmune disorder' — where the network defenses designed to block network attacks are automated and instantaneous, but the systems in place to reverse erroneous lockdowns are manual and unresponsive."

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  1. Internet AIDS by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    All that sex it has sure would give it AIDS

    1. Re:Internet AIDS by ackthpt · · Score: 2, Funny

      All that sex it has sure would give it AIDS

      It's your pr0n collection what done it! Shoulda got one of them keyboard covers.

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  2. hmm by theMerovingian · · Score: 5, Funny


    the systems in place to reverse erroneous lockdowns are manual and unresponsive

    Anyone who is married knows how much of a dilemma this presents...

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  3. Guess we'll have to... by oahazmatt · · Score: 2, Funny

    Guess we'll have to line the tubes with latex.

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    Those who believe the Internet is private,
    find their privates are on the Internet.
  4. The pool is closed! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    Due to AIDS!

  5. Re:Not AIDS by Hatta · · Score: 5, Funny

    It's not lupus, it's never lupus.

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  6. More like metapHorrible by The+Amazing+Fish+Boy · · Score: 2, Funny

    AIDS already exists, too. A frightening real disease which ought not be compared to issues of whatever internet posse comitatus happens to rain the occasional parade for those networks who voluntarily implement SBL, et al.
    Oh, don't be such a comparison Nazi!
  7. Re:automation is only one-way by stonecypher · · Score: 2, Funny

    algorithms cannot bypass themselves
    Skynet would tend to disagree.
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  8. Re:Auto-immune != immuno-deficient by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    >Summary should have said "Internet Lupus"

    It's never Internet Lupus.

  9. The Internet is closed... by jblake · · Score: 2, Funny

    ...due to AIDS.

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  10. The internet is no longer a series of tubes. by Trespass · · Score: 3, Funny

    It's now a pool- and it's closed.

  11. Re:AC Post is from Family Guy! by ThePengwin · · Score: 2, Funny

    "yeah about quarter past 5"