We own our own cars, but governments across the world regulate how those may be built, for safety, fuel efficiency, and pollution related reasons. Internal combustion engine based cars will be banned entirely soon in much of the world.
We own televisions, but in the United States, by federal law every television must come with a V-Chip, which provides parental controls over content. Broadcasters must send an age rating marker the V-Chip can pick up in order to lock kids out of inappropriate content.
Maybe it's time the same thing happen to computers. Society doesn't think it's safe anymore to give people access to general-purpose machines and communicate without attesting to details about yourself. Maybe the time for general-purpose computing and arbitrary internet access has passed. Maybe it's just a cost of "living in a society".
I'm coming around to this.
We own our own cars, but governments across the world regulate how those may be built, for safety, fuel efficiency, and pollution related reasons. Internal combustion engine based cars will be banned entirely soon in much of the world.
We own televisions, but in the United States, by federal law every television must come with a V-Chip, which provides parental controls over content. Broadcasters must send an age rating marker the V-Chip can pick up in order to lock kids out of inappropriate content.
Maybe it's time the same thing happen to computers. Society doesn't think it's safe anymore to give people access to general-purpose machines and communicate without attesting to details about yourself. Maybe the time for general-purpose computing and arbitrary internet access has passed. Maybe it's just a cost of "living in a society".