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| - | ===== Political Challenges ===== | + | ===== Political and Legal Challenges ===== |
| Since Internet provides a convenient, cheap and fast way to share the data and ideas around world; the differences between cultures and laws in different country may challenge each other. | Since Internet provides a convenient, cheap and fast way to share the data and ideas around world; the differences between cultures and laws in different country may challenge each other. | ||
| * US legal system is based on case law and hasn’t caught up with the Internet | * US legal system is based on case law and hasn’t caught up with the Internet | ||
| * The Internet allows a computer in country X to communicate with a computer in country Y, but laws differ | * The Internet allows a computer in country X to communicate with a computer in country Y, but laws differ | ||
| - | * so this enables people commit online crimes, and not being caught, by using a computer in a different country. | + | * This enables people commit online crimes, and not being caught, by using a computer in a different country. |
| * Consequence: there is no easy way to stop problems like spam, false advertising, and online scams | * Consequence: there is no easy way to stop problems like spam, false advertising, and online scams | ||
| * Phishing mails or websites may risk your properties. | * Phishing mails or websites may risk your properties. | ||
| + | * Some country may use network censorship to monitor their residents' behavior. | ||
| + | * Unbalanced network usage | ||
| + | * Large network services providers like Google may use more network resources than other users. | ||
| + | * US-centric | ||
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| + | ===== Personal Challenges ===== | ||
| + | People don't see each other on Internet. We can only imagine the people on the other side. | ||
| + | * Like a super masked/dressed ball: you are communicating with others, but you have no idea about their background. | ||
| + | * Everyone is smarter, richer, and better looking online. | ||
| + | * Personal data being stolen and posted online. | ||
| + | * Easy to post fake or incorrect messages. | ||
| + | * Posted data is can never be actually deleted. | ||
| + | * Less personal space. | ||
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ci2010/team1_theinternet_challenges.txt · Last modified: 2010/02/10 23:13 by zhangw
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