I don't see any major changes happening any time soon.

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Since then things have gotten much, much worse.

 

Bad enough that there is a growing belief among engineers and security experts that Internet security and privacy have become so maddeningly elusive that the only way to fix the problem is to start over.

 

What a new Internet might look like is still widely debated, but one alternative would, in effect, create a “gated community” where users would give up their anonymity and certain freedoms in return for safety. Today that is already the case for many corporate and government Internet users. As a new and more secure network becomes widely adopted, the current Internet might end up as the bad neighborhood of cyberspace. You would enter at your own risk and keep an eye over your shoulder while you were there.

 

“Unless we’re willing to rethink today’s Internet,” says Nick McKeown, a Stanford engineer involved in building a new Internet, “we’re just waiting for a series of public catastrophes.”

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http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/15/weekinreview/15markoff.html?_r=1

 Can We Stop Asking For A New Internet?

 

For the past few years, we've seen story after story about scrapping the Internet in its current form and starting anew. Most of the impetus for this comes from the unwanted aspects of the Internet - spam and security flaws, mostly. Now, John Markoff has a lengthy piece in the New York Times asking "Do We Need a New Internet?" The story is worrying both because it suggests the trend is gaining momentum and because Markoff does such a half-hearted job of questioning the premise.

To be fair, the Internet certainly has its flaws, and there is nothing wrong with researching ways to improve it. In fact, it is something we should encourage. The problem, though, comes from the breathless style in which so many of these stories are written.

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http://techdirt.com/articles/20090215/1044233771.shtml