Protecting the Internet Without Wrecking It: As long as flexibility has value to users, suppliers will have incentives to offer it.

In this article the author focuses his critique on the lack of specificity of the proposals for greater Internet security and questions what the cost or benefits may be of such proposals. The author cites the essence of Zittrain's proposals to a call for better hygiene for personal computers and bet...

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Publicado en:Boston Review Vol. 33; no. 2; pp. 14 - 16
Autor principal: Owen, Bruce M.
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Boston Review Mar/Apr2008
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