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Re: Do we need a new Internet? Or just new users?
by Anonymous
This is a interesting one. I work as a software developer, developing financial applications in the insurance sector. All of our applications is web based. The current internet and all of its protocols and browsers, are badly broken. The internet has grown too fast. One day it was meant for research, the next every organization had a website. This was probably why there is so many issues with it. I believe that a new internet would be a leap towards a better future. Think about it, it is true that a little common sense goes a long way, but there are cases where it common sense can't be expected. Think about say a 14 year old girl. She might have a need for interaction with a boy, just to talk. If she meets a boy online, her emotions would cloud her common sense, not that a 14 year old girl has a lot common sense. The boy might be a 40 year old man, a sexual predator. We all know how this story ends, we read it in newspapers and see it on tv. In this case all of you probably wonder how a new internet would stop this. Well, it probably won't. But, with enhanced security, the girl might not be allowed to reach these types of sites. Or a security bot might identify the man as being 40 years old and the girl as 14 years old, and alert her. There is a lot of ways that a smart information system can assist us in making better choices. This is my long term dream. Short term, is to have the damn browsers fixed so that my work is easier :( or, I'll just go with Silverlight :)
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