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I’m sure we’ve all heard about “the Open Internet.” The expression builds upon a rich pedigree of term “open” in various contexts. For example, “open government” is the governing doctrine which holds that citizens have the right to access the documents...

In defining what is meant by "Internet Fragmentation" it is useful to briefly describe what is meant by its opposite, an "Open and Coherent Internet". As we've explored in the previous section, "coherence" implies that each of the elements of the Internet...

ICANN’s assault on personal and small business privacy TLDR This post is extremely long and detailed and is on quite a dense subject. Here is the short version. Trouble is brewing. ICANN, the body that has a monopoly on domain registrations, is now...

I Want My Name: You've started your own business, club, or blog, and you can't wait to share it with the world. There's still work to be done, but the primary focus is now on branding. You do some critical thinking about your product and your industry...

Today’s tales form the world of the dark arts and militarism begins with a saga playing out in classic spy vs. spy fashion, with the tapper suddenly becoming the tapped. Our first headline comes from New Europe: EU, US, Russia, Ukraine: spy games...