Les révélations d’Edouard Snowden sur la surveillance généralisée d’Internet ont eu quelques effets de bord : le site Groklaw, spécialisé dans les affaires et questions juridiques liées aux nouvelles technologies, ferme, les services d’envois d’emails sécurisé Silent Circle et Lavabit suspendent leur activité…. Conséquence : nombreux sont les activistes qui baissent les bras avec le moto « Internet est mort ». Ça m’énerve. C’est idiot. C’est lâche.
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«If you want to have the possibility of some privacy someday, you’d better join the fight now, because now a bunch of other people are joining the fight. Now is the moment when you can make a difference.» R.Stallman
No, I fell in love with internet. I dedicated them a bigger part of my life, spending night with them, days, weeks. Most of the people I know today I wouldn't have known them without Internet. I've been in wonderfull places, and in weird ones. I've done and dreamed of things you wouldn't expect, and they're the reason for what I'm vaguely balanced today.
But they're dying. It's a degenerative disease and it's too late now for a cure. They're dying. Internet is dying.