Hilary Clinton spoke today of internet rights and the obligations that information networks have to ensure the security of its users. She first spoke of the situation between Google and China that is currently taking place, where Google is denying China service to to their nations censoring laws. Clinton says that this issue raises "very serious concerns" and will be an issue that will be addressed by the State Department. She also raised the issue of security online, with online banking becoming more popualr all the time it is vital that these websites ensure secure data accessibility. Internet freedom and security are issues that will become even more apparent with forth coming technologies. With talk of PDAs becoming the new form of virtual payment, the controversy of internet security is an issue that must be taken in to account.
http://edition.cnn.com/2010/TECH/01/21/clinton.internet/index.html?eref=edition
Thursday, January 21, 2010
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