A TA L E O F T W O I N T E R N E T S
D R A N D R E S G U A D A M U Z
A P O L O G I E S ( A N D A C AT )
W H AT D O Y O U T H I N K A B O U T W H E N Y O U H E A R T H E T E R M I N T E R N E T ?
T H E R E A R E T W O I N T E R N E T S
T H E D A R K N E TI N T E R N E T 1
N O T T H E S A M E T H I N G A S T H E D E E P W E B
A B A N D O N H O P E A L L Y E W H O E N T E R H E R E …
A N Y T H I N G G O E S
R E A L LY, A N Y T H I N G
B I T C O I N E C O N O M Y
D O D G Y D E A L S
D I D I M E N T I O N T H AT E V E R Y T H I N G G O E S ? ( E X C E P T G A M B L I N G ! )
I N T E R N E T 1
• Anarcho-libertarian alliance at the extremes
• #Gamergate, Anonymous, Bitcoins
• Regulation is not possible
S N O W D E N ’ S I N T E R N E TI N T E R N E T 2
D O Y O U E V E R G E T T H E S E N S E T H AT Y O U A R E B E I N G W AT C H E D ?
A R E A L L L AY E R S C O M P R O M I S E D ?
C O L O N I S AT I O N O F T H E I N T E R N E T
I N T E R N E T A S A G AT E D C O M M U N I T Y
I N T E R N E T 2
• We are all doomed!!!
• Private interests and governments are plotting to destroy the free and open Internet…
• … or they already succeeded
• Regulation irrelevant, because we are all doomed!
W I L L T H E R E A L I N T E R N E T P L E A S E S TA N D U P ?
N S A G E T S I T S D AY I N C O U R T ( A N D L O S E S )
S O W H AT I S T H E R E A L I N T E R N E T L I K E ?
• Decentralised architecture becoming heavily centralised
• It is possible for technical elite to escape control (up to a point)
G E E K S , T H E N E W 1 %C O N C L U D I N G …