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  • Open Offer To Chris Dodd & Cary Sherman: Meet The Internet Online And In The Open

    Brian Arredondo ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 03:11pm

    Repair your business model, not the internet!

    I run a computer repair company and we have to adapt and change with our clients all the time. They need to re look at their business model and NOT try to change the entire internet platform. GET WITH IT PEOPLE!! WE WILL WIN!

  • RIAA Totally Out Of Touch: Lashes Out At Google, Wikipedia And Everyone Who Protested SOPA/PIPA

    Brian Arredondo ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 10:57am

    The people will win, leave the internet alone

    Being a former hacker/cracker that transitioned into the business world I find it important to share my view.

    1. Lets say a bill passed and the internet is now censored. Hackers/Crackers will get together creating a deep "underground" group of individuals who will always live in the free internet world. They would divide the internet into two groups, those who live by the censorship and those who are going to bypass it. Users will start using off-shore DNS servers and proxy servers to bypass censorship. What is scary about this is the security of the internet could decrease as the off-shore DNS servers may not be protected as well as the ones users currently use.

    2. Once the FIRST censorship bill passes, more will follow. It will be a snowball effect that will continue to grow making the internet harder and harder to get free speech. This is a step in the WRONG direction.

    Simply put, if the internet was ever censored, I will be making financial contributions to support a new free and open internet.