=?windows-1252?Q?=91Father_of_the_Internet=92_?=warns Web freedom is under attack

[rusdiah]

it is not easy talk about freedom, safety, neutrality, cybercrime, IP 
pirate, CISPA...with different interest... personal interest, national 
interest... business interest of the stakeholders ...

anything that are not following somebody interest will be bad and 
sometimes considered as a crime ... cybercrime...

"either you with me or against me....."

this is the challenge for the future global dialog, not as easy during 
the period of cerf when he started the Internet everybody has one 
goal... ... regards, rudi rusdiah - apwkomitel (association of internet 
community - indonesia)




http://thehill.com/blogs/hillicon-valley/technology/228561-father-of-the-internet-warns-web-freedom-is-under-attack


  ‘Father of the Internet’ warns Web freedom is under attack

By Andrew Feinberg - 05/21/12 11:07 AM ET

“Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf on Monday warned that Internet 
freedom is under threat from governments around the world, including the 
United States.

Cerf, a computer scientist who was instrumental in the Internet’s 
creation and is now employed by Google as its "Internet evangelist," 
said officials in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe are using 
intellectual property and cybersecurity issues "as an excuse for 
constraining what we can and can't do on the 'net.”


"Political structures … are often scared by the possibility that the 
general public might figure out that they don't want them in power," he 
said.

He sounded the alarm about the International Telecommunications Union 
(ITU), arguing the group is poised to assume the role of global Internet 
cop.

“There is strong indication that the Internet will enter the picture 
[for the ITU]," Cerf said at the Freedom to Connect conference.

Cerf said the ITU is likely to try and lock in mandatory intellectual 
property protections as a backdoor for easy Web surveillance.

Even good-faith efforts at Internet policymaking should be viewed with 
skepticism, Cerf said, because balancing freedom and security "isn't 
something that government alone is going to figure out."

He criticized the Cybersecurity and Intelligence Protection Act (CISPA), 
legislation passed by the House to encourage companies to share 
information about cyber threats with the government, because it lacks 
"adequate constraints" on how the information is used.

But Cerf said he has the "optimistic belief" that attempts by hostile 
governments to restrict access will be circumvented by resourceful 
engineers around the world.

"If someone stops me from communicating, I'll find a way around it," he 
said.

Cerf also urged vigilante groups such as Anonymous to stop using 
cyberattacks as a means of activism, saying the hackings are 
counterproductive.

"I don't think lawlessness is our friend," he said.

Ultimately, there is a legitimate role for law enforcement on the Web, 
he said, adding that "it would be bad for us as a community to say … 
that all the good things outweigh the bad."

"That's not a credible position to take," he said.

Cerf said activists and regulators alike harm themselves by using terms 
like "cybercrime" because they suggest that "every bad thing that 
happens on the Internet is a crime."

"Some are just bugs," Cerf said, while suggesting a better goal for 
policymakers should be "cybersafety."


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