It's a common belief that the internet, as it is decentralised, is nearly undestroyable. Scientists from the Ohio State University now disproved this assumtion. In the years of commercialising the vulnerability of the net increased, they say. BBC (english) and Spiegel (german) are reporting. But I would add, that we should watch critically, what solutions to this problem will follow. Look at other recent attempts of the government of the USA to rise fear of terror attacks and in this way also higher the acceptance of guarding, protecting and lastly controlling things as the net. See also this Washington Post article. But maybe some kinds of "guarding" only decrease the openess of the net? Decentralizing, as the scientists want, should also mean to build net hubs outside the US. This again could be done together with development assistance, especially in "internet-suffering" countries in africa or asia (we reported). Just a thought ... Via ITW

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