Comments on: Internet governance shifting from civil society to government, and getting less free http://boingboing.net/2012/06/01/internet-governance-shifting-f.html Brain candy for Happy Mutants Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:06:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.1 By: atimoshenko http://boingboing.net/2012/06/01/internet-governance-shifting-f.html#comment-1440121 atimoshenko Sat, 02 Jun 2012 09:05:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164069#comment-1440121 Anything that can be centrally controlled, will be. The only way for a system to remain free indefinitely is for it to be architected with decentralisation as one of its core organising principles. It's why I think dumb-client-and-cloud services are not a great idea. Anything that can be centrally controlled, will be. The only way for a system to remain free indefinitely is for it to be architected with decentralisation as one of its core organising principles.

It’s why I think dumb-client-and-cloud services are not a great idea.

]]> By: EH http://boingboing.net/2012/06/01/internet-governance-shifting-f.html#comment-1439413 EH Fri, 01 Jun 2012 17:34:00 +0000 http://boingboing.net/?p=164069#comment-1439413 The Internet is currently acting as an object lesson in the encroachment of freedom. It's a land grab where there is no structure of defense. Aboriginals the world over can tell us how this turns out. The Internet is currently acting as an object lesson in the encroachment of freedom. It’s a land grab where there is no structure of defense. Aboriginals the world over can tell us how this turns out.

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