24 October, 2012

UN: The Problem With The Internet Today Is It's Just Too Open & Terrorists Might Use It | Techdirt

UN: The Problem With The Internet Today Is It's Just Too Open & Terrorists Might Use It | Techdirt: Ah, the UN. As highlighted by Declan McCullagh, a new report from the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Implementation Task Force, clocking in at an unwieldy 158 pages (pdf) warns that this old internet of ours is just too damn open, and that means terrorists can use it. Thus, it has to stop the openness. The report really is just about that bad: if terrorists might misuse it, it's bad and must be stopped. The costs of locking up all this openness are brushed aside, if they're even considered at all. Among the problems? How about open WiFi?