Also for the US I would imagine this would be a brilliant opportunity. it reeks of multilateralism, always a brilliant PR move to cover a nasty pill, and if it just happened to be a core and essential part of a new standard, then it would be hard to not support. Though im sure at least one of the reasons was to make sure china didn't get any advantage over them with it.
Essentially though I would say they are after it for the same reasons to have a firmer control over the internet as used by lay people, china definatly wants it to cut down on dissidents and have a stronger control over communication, America sadly enough is probably motivated partially by the terrorist phantasm and partially by the **AA, at the end of the day though as mentioned by others anyone who actually needs to be anonymous [crim/etc] will be, only the common user will suffer from this.
Can the internet protest, strike, rally or some such? Because I doubt the amount of people willing to actually get up and march IRL about such an issue.
That would involve leaving our couches...
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Also for the US I would imagine this would be a brilliant opportunity. it reeks of multilateralism, always a brilliant PR move to cover a nasty pill, and if it just happened to be a core and essential part of a new standard, then it would be hard to not support. Though im sure at least one of the reasons was to make sure china didn't get any advantage over them with it. Essentially though I would say they are after it for the same reasons to have a firmer control over the internet as used by lay people, china definatly wants it to cut down on dissidents and have a stronger control over communication, America sadly enough is probably motivated partially by the terrorist phantasm and partially by the **AA, at the end of the day though as mentioned by others anyone who actually needs to be anonymous [crim/etc] will be, only the common user will suffer from this. Can the internet protest, strike, rally or some such? Because I doubt the amount of people willing to actually get up and march IRL about such an issue. That would involve leaving our couches...