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This site has been archived and will not be updated further. Jonathan Zittrain’s new personal website is accessible at https://blogs.harvard.edu/jzwrites/

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“Imagine having to regularly navigate your TV’s setup menus to ward off malware” was an absurd analogy I used ten years ago to explain why PC security had to improve. I mean, no one would make a TV like that, right? (Samsung has since deleted the tweet; photo below.) twitter.com/zittrain/statu… pic.twitter.com/xULwHYhSBk

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@nigenet @python33r (I imagine policy is for them to do that and then try to sort it out once in DMs.)

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@nigenet @python33r And the deadpan reply! pic.twitter.com/oQPfSyMird

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

“Imagine having to regularly navigate your TV’s setup menus to ward off malware” was an absurd analogy I used ten years ago to explain why PC security had to improve. I mean, no one would make a TV like that, right? twitter.com/samsungsupport…

About 2 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

@hayden_curley Facebook is centrally-mediated even as it’s primarily non-FB-sourced content. Napster was the same, minus the push elements of FB feed. Regulatory pressure on Napster led to a new generation of p2p apps like Gnutella that had no central mediation. AirDrop is like that. (whew)

About 3 days ago from Jonathan Zittrain's Twitter via Twitter for iPhone

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