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[–] Sullysq ago  (edited ago)

Losing control of monitoring trillions of dollars in transactions made by billions of people because one man ratted then out. I now see why the US government still calls him a traitor and won't even offer him a trial by jury and only his head will do. Maybe they'll ease off a few years after that control has become irrecoverable.

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[–] Drenki ago 

Pretty sure this is a bad thing.

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[–] OhBlindOne 0 points 3 points (+3|-0) ago 

Marked as misleading for this part of the article

the US leapt in to grab back the steering wheel from Brazil, announcing it was finally ready to let go of Icann/Iana. There were just a few conditions.

The new oversight model had to be multi-stakeholder. It had to be developed by the world’s internet community, whoever that is. It could not be run by governments. And only the US government could decide if the new model passed the test.

The title suggests that the U.S. govt would give up all control of the internet. Firstly, the U.S. government doesn't "control" the entirety of the internet. They had control of Icann, but Icann doesn't run the internet. It just runs things like DNS. Yes, DNS is important, but it's not the entire internet. Furthermore, owning Icann doesn't give you control over the internet, just naming services.

That being said, the U.S. government isn't giving up control of Icann. They are just saying that stakeholders can setup how Icann works, but the U.S. govt still has to approve the plan.

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[–] njdss4 ago 

Not surprising that a Guardian article is misleading. I'm shocked any article from that site got this many upvoats. That place is tabloid trash.

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[–] RedditDead2005-2015 0 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago 

The internet is an untamed beast that won't be controlled. Soon, there will be global satellites where a local ISP won't even be necessary. And how will the U.S. government control servers which hold all the data if they aren't even in the U.S.? They may have some control over reaching people IP addresses but even that will be antiquated in a few years.

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[–] TiagoTiago ago 

I'm still waiting for mesh-phones...

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[–] wuzizname 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Satellite ISP is a pipe-dream. The FCC will never allow private individuals to broadcast to a sat, therefore you'll always need a cable to upload.

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[–] RedditDead2005-2015 0 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago 

The FCC is U.S.-only. ;) That's the whole point. GSM has been around for decades. The same way people can make phone calls from their boats out in the middle of the ocean will be the same way they will connect to the internet. And it doesn't have to revolve around U.S. satellites.

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[–] OcculusResurrectio 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

Apparently not. I just read said article in American.

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[–] ponchoman275 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

This is a joke right?

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[–] OcculusResurrectio 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago 

yes