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On 3/14/24 05:16, Dave Taht via Nnagain wrote:<br>
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<pre>In other news, the House voted to ban tiktok yesterday. I do not
understand how simultaneously,
we can accept security cameras (largely built around Linux and
violating the GPL) also built elsewhere,
or IoT, or home routers rife with CVEs...</pre>
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My naive explanation---<br>
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Policy-makers seem to focus on how technology is used. To
policy-makers, "The Internet" is a poorly understood technology with
many possible uses. Whoever and wherever "we" are, our
policy-makers create laws and regulations to constrain those uses.
For every "we" there is likely a number of "them".<br>
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Security cameras allow "them" to spy on us. That's generally
considered bad, but apparently not as bad as Social Media, which
allows "them" to control us, by flooding us with misinformation,
disinformation, and what we curiously call "spam". When
advertisers or even our government does it, it's OK. When "they" do
it, it's bad.<br>
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Spying of course also allows "us" to spy on "us" as well. That's
apparently not as bad as allowing "them" to control "us", especially
if we can create policy that retains the ability for "us" to exert
control on "us" while preventing "them" from communicating with
"us". Those techies simply have to figure out how to make it
happen.<br>
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I personally do not understand how "network neutrality" relates to
other policies. Perhaps it conflicts with other policies such as
one that outlaws communications based on ownership of a company?<br>
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Jack Haverty<br>
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