Let’s Build a More Secure Internet2013-10-09 09:48 by DanielaTags: Internet
After recent revelations about the NSA's surveillance program, it turns out that the only chance for people to protect their online security is to encourage the development of an "open hardware" movement — an extension of the open-source movement that has led to software products like the Mozilla browser and the Linux operating system. The main advantage of open-source systems is that they give people universal access to a blueprint, as well as universal ability to modify and redistribute the blueprint. But there is another very important benefit from these systems: the freedom to audit. With open-source software, independent security experts can scrutinize the code for vulnerabilities — whether accidentally or intentionally introduced. The more auditing by the programming masses, the better the security. Of course, users' privacy in open-source systems probably won't be 100 percent guaranteed. Still, open hardware would at a minimum make the N.S.A.'s Internet surveillance efforts more difficult and less effective. And it would increase the difficulty of surveillance not just for the N.S.A. but also for foreign governments that might otherwise piggyback on N.S.A.-introduced security vulnerabilities. Read more -here-
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