Ivo Skoric on Thu, 8 Jul 2004 06:17:49 +0200 (CEST) |
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<nettime> Internet Ghetto |
Despite the publicized fears of cyber-terrorists that somehow subvert US defense, it is sometimes worth to remember that Internet started as a US defense project. And that the US still holds the keys to it. US trade people created a list of countries where Internet is likely to be abused (in a non-terrorist manner, more with credit card fraud, off-shore gambling, banking, lotteries, money laundering, or immigration fraud [to US, I suppose]). The list includes Nigeria, Columbia, Bulgaria, Rumunia, Malaysia, Vietnam, Pakistan, and Macedonia. Following the advisory of US government, several companies blocked access to their sites to any e-mail address ending in the top level domain assigned to those "rogue" states. In essence, if we look at the Web as a vast real estate development, we just got the first Internet trailer park, and 3 Balkan states are in it. ivo # distributed via <nettime>: no commercial use without permission # <nettime> is a moderated mailing list for net criticism, # collaborative text filtering and cultural politics of the nets # more info: majordomo@bbs.thing.net and "info nettime-l" in the msg body # archive: http://www.nettime.org contact: nettime@bbs.thing.net