Security vs. Control by Milota Sidorova

Internet security has been considered as one of the most discussed topics of our times. We're living in era when half of human population has internet access and the amount of daily transactions of every kind are going through this virtual space. Starting from basic communication, ending with payments and life insurances. Internet possesses amazing amount of information and these can be abused. And it seems like a bad joke if we hear about successful hacker's attack on highest positions – on governmental level. Banks and insurance companies are no better. Just go back in the short history and find out that the most influential companies have been targets of successfu! l attacks. This makes them look weak and most of them didn't even made sufficient efforts to prevent such attacks. But the change is hanging in the air. Some governments, like Australian have passed several regulations that prevent people from using their computers if they are under hacker's attack. Speaking of „botnet“ or a network of affected computers ran by hackers, Australia has passed the program that is alerting users if their machine is a part of this network. The machine needs to be quarantined, the program bans several web pages and does other restrictions. The program has been offered for mass utilization also in the U.S. And here we come to the point when one needs to clarify the terms. The program, as been avised was working as an alert system for user who is unaware of nearly 90 percent of viral attacks. But it also means another central program is controlling personal data, transactions and all internet connections from personal computers. One ha! s to differ alert sysem and protective steps taken without cus! tomer's awareness. The second option is leading into limited internet access and regulation also in this wild territory. But there are several hints Internet will be another protected and strictly observed area of the future – the vision of privacy will remain just an illusion. The security will dominate. But where does the security face the control, it is still undefined.

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by Milota Sidorova for Cantell TV (http://cantell.tv)

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