"[a Thai police proposal] demanded that the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) implement caller-ID features for all local Internet Service Providers. Caller-ID would be used to gather information about each user logging onto the network, including the telephone numbers they used, their login names and the times of the day they connected and disconnected."
and in Russia....
"The Russian state police proposed a plan to monitor every piece of data sent over the Internet within Russia's boundaries. Proposed amendments to the mass media law which were discussed in the Russian Duma in March 1998 included a clause suggesting that any publisher of electronic information should register with and obtain a license from the government."
Nanotech, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, published by Ace Books, 1998. It's not a technical read, but it's a fabulous collection of sci-fi short stories re:nanotech. -oikaze
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As far as government response, you might be forced at the ISP level to censor and filter content and monitor users.
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some excerpts...
"[a Thai police proposal] demanded that the Telephone Organization of Thailand (TOT) implement caller-ID features for all local Internet Service Providers. Caller-ID would be used to gather information about each user logging onto the network, including the telephone numbers they used, their login names and the times of the day they connected and disconnected."
and in Russia....
"The Russian state police proposed a plan to monitor every piece of data sent over the Internet within Russia's boundaries. Proposed amendments to the mass media law which were discussed in the Russian Duma in March 1998 included a clause suggesting that any publisher of electronic information should register with and obtain a license from the government."
-oikazeNanotech, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois, published by Ace Books, 1998. It's not a technical read, but it's a fabulous collection of sci-fi short stories re:nanotech. -oikaze