In 2012, internet users worldwide have come under fire. Our recent
reactions to SOPA, ACTA, PIPA, etc., have been DEFENSIVE in nature. Even
if these negative laws are defeated, dozens more appear - and those laws
are binding upon you, while at the same time, they benefit business and
government interests which you may not challenge. Here is the silver
lining in all of this: it is now unmistakeably clear that a minority now
intend to directly attack your freedom, your lives, and your happiness.
The answer lies in the internet itself. There are strategies that assert
the omnipresent and anonymous nature of the internet.
First, the creation of an "Internet Ten Most Wanted List". Currently,
those who attack the internet do so with the feeling of perfect immunity.
The names of those who unethically attack internet freedoms (often
politicians), are listed in all the media outlets. A "Ten Most Wanted
List" focuses attention on them and removes this immunity. Whistleblowers,
hackers and leakers would be focused on them, so that we could examine
their true interests in impeding the free flow of information. A chilling
effect on internet attacks would soon follow.
Second, mass anonymous emailings can advise employees of specific
businesses and governments on how best to "blow the whistle" on unethical
activity.
We will win in the end. They have more information to protect, and fewer
people willing to help them.