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Schneier: The US Government Has Betrayed the Internet, We Need To Take It Back

Posted by samzenpus on from the power-to-the-online-people dept.

wabrandsma writes "Quoting Bruce Schneier in the Guardian: 'The NSA has undermined a fundamental social contract. We engineers built the internet – and now we have to fix it. Government and industry have betrayed the internet, and us. This is not the internet the world needs, or the internet its creators envisioned. We need to take it back. And by we, I mean the engineering community. Yes, this is primarily a political problem, a policy matter that requires political intervention. But this is also an engineering problem, and there are several things engineers can – and should – do."

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  1. Thanks Mr Schneier by benjfowler · · Score: -1, Troll

    I don't have time for leakers, traitors and narcissistic wreckers like Snowdon and Assange. And it has been easy for me to dismiss their statements, and those of their camp followers out of hand.

    For me, having somebody as credible as Bruce Schneier take such a stand, changes everything. He's not just some criminally insane lunatic like Julian Assange, or some spotty kid out to make a name for himself -- he's an erudite, wise man with a proven track record of good judgement. If credentials matter -- then I think that having Schneier weigh in on this side of the political debate will have a major impact on people who are formerly undecided about the issue, including myself.

  2. "Engineers" by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Stop calling yourselves Engineers, you fucking code monkeys.