Is The Internet A Bane Or Boon For Australia And Australians In 2020?

This really amazing and deeply worrying perspective appeared last week. Digital pioneer Geoff Huston apologises for bringing the internet to Australia Huston says the internet is a 'gigantic vanity-reinforcing distorted TikTok selfie' and web security is 'the punchline to some demented sick joke'. But Australia's first Privacy Commissioner thinks he's being optimistic. By Stilgherrian for The Full Tilt| October 2, 2020 -- 01:54 GMT (11:54 AEST) | Topic: Security Geoff Huston is an Internet Hall of Fame global connector, an honour which acknowledges his "critical role" in bringing the internet to Australia in the 1990s. "While the Internet was still in its infancy in the US, he was able to complete the construction of a new and rapidly growing network within a few months," the organisation wrote. On Thursday, Huston apologised for that. "The internet is now busted, and to be perfectly frank, it's totally unclear how we can fix it. We can't make it better," said Huston, now chief... This is the initial part of the post - read more by clicking on the title of the article. David.
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