[ExI] <nettime> Forced Exposure: Groklaw closes down

[Adrian Tymes]

On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 5:45 AM, Eugen Leitl <eugen at leitl.org> wrote:

> My personal decision is to get off of the Internet to the degree it's
> possible.
>

Some part of my mind can't help but wonder if this isn't the true objective
of all this surveillance, or at least a significant part thereof.

It's impossible to prevent all leaks; the public would find out something
before long.  And when it does, certain elements - inherently opposed to
the establishment's interests - will conclude that they must withdraw from
all the resources the Internet offers - depriving themselves of substantial
advantage.  Perhaps they try darknets or something else, but the Internet's
power is in its massive network effect; no other network in the world is
able to come close to its sheer audience size, or its collective breadth
and depth of knowledge and expertise.
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