The raw data used may extend far beyond phone records to encompass information available from private and governmental entities, and internet sources such as Facebook.
John Arquilla, who has taught since 1993 at the U.S. Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey, California, writes in his book "Worst Enemies," "We would all be far better off if virtually all civil, commercial, governmental, and military internet and web traffic were strongly encrypted".
Hersh quotes John Arquilla, the author of "Worst Enemies," as writing, "We would all be far better off if virtually all civil, commercial, governmental, and military internet and web traffic were strongly encrypted".
It is exactly because such countries like Russia and China are seeking greater international governmental control over Internet content, that the recent NTIA proposal is to be lauded.
This is due to show what would happen if a controversial governmental bill crimping Internet comes into effect after presidential approval.
A recent International Telecommunications Union confab in Busan, South Korea, showed increasing governmental interest in a growing number of Internet matters, though any direct grab by this UN body for control was held at bay.
He then alienated some of them with calls for greater governmental oversight of the Internet, prompting sneers that he just didn't "get" digital technology.
Cellular phones, changing governmental regulations and new Internet technology have torn area codes from geography, allowing people to have phone numbers with area codes distant from where they live.
INTERNATIONAL The Cesis Journal article on Wednesday, about the successful use by a Cesis resident and other Latvians of the Web site ManaBalss.lv, which is at the forefront of Latvia's efforts to increase political and governmental participation via the Internet, misstated the given name of a lawmaker who favors the Web site.
