It’s Time to Encrypt the Entire Internet
The Heartbleed bug crushed our faith in the secure web, but a world without the encryption software that Heartbleed exploited would be even worse. In fact, it’s time for the web to take a good hard look at a new idea: encryption everywhere.
An Internet for the Common Good: Engagement, Empowerment and Justice for All
More than a technology or a marketplace, the Internet is a social environment, a community space for people to interact with the expectation that principles of equity, fairness and justice will prevail.
Wild West Web Needs a Sheriff
“Yes, it’s time to go get the sheriff” Douglas Rushkoff writes in his new op ed piece for CNN, responding to the recent outcry for net neutrality after a worrisome court ruling.
Facebooks is Collapsing Under its Own Weight
In 2008, Mark Zuckerberg predicted that Facebook “sharing” would grow exponentially. It has. As newsfeed buckles under its own weight, some are wondering if “better algorithms” are going to cut it.
Sporeganizer Spotlight: Why and How Networks Connect, by Jason White (Evolver Boston)
I started the netfoundry project because I had been in correspondence with several people over the years about the need for a “network-of-networks” type of social media/organizing infrastructure. To further elaborate on what netfoundry is intended to accomp…
Occupy.here: A Tiny Self-Contained Darknet
Occupy.here began as an experiment at Zuccotti
Park. It was a wifi router and website I designed to run entirely disconnected from the
internet. After the park was cleared, I
refocused my thinking about how best to support a decentralized
movement.
The New Digital Order: Nefarious Nerds and Machines of Loving Grace
The Internet still holds promise as a tool for positive political, social, and even evolutionary transformation. Yet like all tools, it can be used to help or harm, create or control, empower or imprison.
How Net Parties Are Changing the Rules of the Political Game
The emergence of Net parties internationally suggest a new era in politics. Technology is the new process that changes the way we work, make decisions, and communicate. Wikipartido's motto: "Collective Intelligence: Better Decisions."
Status Updates from Beyond the Grave
You now have the chance to choose your last words on your social media networks. What would you want your final status update to say?
MeshNet: A Possible Uncensored Internet Alternative
The makers of MeshNet envision designing and implementing an authority-less, censor-free alternative to the internet.
