Computers, Privacy & the Constitution

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 That said, it is not absurd to consider that technology today allows us think about telecommunications networks outside the narrow context of proprietary ownership by large operators: instead, the advent of wireless communication technology has progressed to the point where it is now possible or users to own equipment that cooperates in mesh networks to form, not only the core of mobile communication services, but also the "last-mile" infrastructure of the fixed network. In this sense, radio networks can now be designed so that their capital structure presents more similarities to the Internet decentralized infrastructure, leaning towards a model of commons-based physical infrastructure for wireless communication networks and for the last mile of landline communication networks. And considering that the salient characteristic of commons, as opposed to property, is that no single person has exclusive control overt the use and disposition of any particular resource in the network, the benefit for individual and political freedom is obvious, as the threat of information manipulation by the network owner is mitigated.
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