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Revision as of 16:15, 7 July 2011
Overview
"IPods, iPhones, Xboxes, and TiVos represent the first wave of Internet-centered products that can’t be easily modified by anyone except their vendors or selected partners. These 'tethered appliances' have already been used in remarkable but little-known ways: car GPS systems have been reconfigured at the demand of law enforcement to eavesdrop on the occupants at all times, and digital video recorders have been ordered to self-destruct thanks to a lawsuit against the manufacturer thousands of miles away. New Web 2.0 platforms like Google mash-ups and Facebook are rightly touted—but their applications can be similarly monitored and eliminated from a central source. As tethered appliances and applications eclipse the PC, the very nature of the Internet—its 'generativity,' or innovative character—is at risk.
The Internet’s current trajectory is one of lost opportunity. Its salvation...lies in the hands of its millions of users."
From http://futureoftheinternet.org/
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