Comments on: Why the PC matters http://futureoftheinternet.org/why-the-pc-matters Jonathan Zittrain is Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and co-founder of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School Wed, 10 Mar 2010 00:14:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Andy http://futureoftheinternet.org/why-the-pc-matters/comment-page-1#comment-8928 Andy Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:00:09 +0000 http://futureoftheinternet.org/?p=782#comment-8928 In Europe Wireless Mesh is perceived as a very technical term but everyone knows Freifunk and the community associations of "having your own antenna". In Berlin Wireless Mesh Networks are quite popular across the city as we have the Freifunk movement center here, it is real community work and it also shows why. Same in Italy. Patricia Toia wrote up a telecom spectrum bill for the Strasbourg European Parliament that was passed last year. Wireless mesh was in there. It was a great showcase to ge the OLPC project adopt Freifunk technologies. I remember the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva where the internet access was plain crap, the OLPC project was kind of launched there. Freifunk looks like the natural thing to do with a wifi adapter. http://blog.freifunk.net/video http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-0451 In Europe Wireless Mesh is perceived as a very technical term but everyone knows Freifunk and the community associations of “having your own antenna”. In Berlin Wireless Mesh Networks are quite popular across the city as we have the Freifunk movement center here, it is real community work and it also shows why. Same in Italy. Patricia Toia wrote up a telecom spectrum bill for the Strasbourg European Parliament that was passed last year. Wireless mesh was in there. It was a great showcase to ge the OLPC project adopt Freifunk technologies. I remember the World Summit on the Information Society in Geneva where the internet access was plain crap, the OLPC project was kind of launched there. Freifunk looks like the natural thing to do with a wifi adapter.

http://blog.freifunk.net/video

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?type=TA&language=EN&reference=P6-TA-2008-0451

]]> By: Computers can lead…a revolution-Jonathan Zittrain « FACT – Freedom Against Censorship Thailand http://futureoftheinternet.org/why-the-pc-matters/comment-page-1#comment-8914 Computers can lead…a revolution-Jonathan Zittrain « FACT – Freedom Against Censorship Thailand Sat, 20 Jun 2009 15:52:16 +0000 http://futureoftheinternet.org/?p=782#comment-8914 [...] 20-06-09 Why the PC matters [...] [...] 20-06-09 Why the PC matters [...]

]]> By: Andrew http://futureoftheinternet.org/why-the-pc-matters/comment-page-1#comment-8857 Andrew Fri, 19 Jun 2009 09:55:03 +0000 http://futureoftheinternet.org/?p=782#comment-8857 Just a quick note that Tor has a completely configured, self-contained, 1-click way to use Tor now, called the Tor Browser Bundle. It includes an IM client, Firefox, and all the back-end plumbing you need to use Tor without having to configure anything. No need to "modify your current browser". See https://torproject.org/torbrowser for more details. Just a quick note that Tor has a completely configured, self-contained, 1-click way to use Tor now, called the Tor Browser Bundle. It includes an IM client, Firefox, and all the back-end plumbing you need to use Tor without having to configure anything. No need to “modify your current browser”.

See https://torproject.org/torbrowser for more details.

]]> By: Seth Finkelstein http://futureoftheinternet.org/why-the-pc-matters/comment-page-1#comment-8851 Seth Finkelstein Fri, 19 Jun 2009 06:37:50 +0000 http://futureoftheinternet.org/?p=782#comment-8851 You already know this, but just for the audience: From my <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2008/apr/17/internet.censorship" rel="nofollow">review of <em>Access Denied</em></a>: "if parents can limit what teenagers can see, then governments will be able to limit what citizens can see. And the other side is if citizens can circumvent governments, teenagers will be able to circumvent parents." Pick one. Can't have both. You already know this, but just for the audience:

From my review of Access Denied:

“if parents can limit what teenagers can see, then governments will be
able to limit what citizens can see. And the other side is if citizens can circumvent governments, teenagers will be able to circumvent parents.”

Pick one. Can’t have both.

]]> By: Open Buddha » Blog Archive » So much for enabling freedom! http://futureoftheinternet.org/why-the-pc-matters/comment-page-1#comment-8834 Open Buddha » Blog Archive » So much for enabling freedom! Fri, 19 Jun 2009 00:46:55 +0000 http://futureoftheinternet.org/?p=782#comment-8834 [...] Zittrain has posted in relation to this matter as well. I seem to be timely as this just went up: Why the PC matters. This entry was posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 5:21 pm and is filed under Mozilla, [...] [...] Zittrain has posted in relation to this matter as well. I seem to be timely as this just went up: Why the PC matters. This entry was posted on Thursday, June 18th, 2009 at 5:21 pm and is filed under Mozilla, [...]

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