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Whatever happened to our dream of decentralization?

Elon Musk is buying Twitter for $44 billion USD. Surely. Certainly. Maybe. It’s complicated. Regardless, the news have exploded in tech and mainstream news, everyone has a take. Musk announced that he would be a champion of free speech, prompting cheers from the right (who think that this means that Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 4 monthsApril 29, 2022 ago
Networks

The limits of decentralization

For many of us who are interested in network architecture and Internet Regulation, the question of decentralization always tends to come up. The Internet was designed as a decentralized network, this means, a system where there is no central decision-making point of how information is shared. A decentralized system tends Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 2 yearsApril 6, 2020 ago
Networks

US Border agents to start collecting social media data

EFF has publicised a report by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) which details a new policy by US border police in which agents ask Muslim Americans returning home for travels abroad for social media handles, but also going as far as asking for access to mobile phones through handles, Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 6 yearsFebruary 1, 2017 ago
Networks

Whatever happened to the Long Tail?

If you have been interested in the evolution of digital content, you may remember the Long Tail. This was a theory that saw life as an article by Chris Anderson in Wired magazine, and then as a hit book released in 2006. The theory states that so-called brick-and-mortar shops only Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 yearsJuly 27, 2015 ago
Networks

The monopolistic Internet

I’ve started reading “The Internet is not the answer” by Andrew Keen (a full review will be forthcoming), and listened with interest to the interview by the always astute Aleks Krotowski in The Guardian’s Tech Weekly podcast. One of Keen’s comments during the interview, and from what I can see Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 7 yearsFebruary 15, 2015 ago
Networks

Has the Blockbuster killed the Long Tail?

The Long Tail is dead. The Long Tail is a theory penned by Wired editor Chris Anderson which states that the rise in digital markets, and the slow demise of brick and mortar shops, particularly in media and entertainment, will translate into more spending and viewing of smaller niche markets. Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 yearsOctober 19, 2013 ago
Networks

Can we rebuild the Internet?

I have been toying with an impossible idea. Can the Internet be rebuilt? I am starting with a simple premise: the current Internet is broken. It is no secret that many of the protocols that make up the Web were not designed to accommodate a network such as the one Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 years ago
Networks

Social networks: Guilt by association?

One of the most interesting stories that has emerged from the NSA surveillance scandal is, in my opinion, the revelation that the intelligence agency has been using some of the data collected to conduct social network analysis (SNA) on the general population. This is a topic that is discussed in Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 yearsJuly 23, 2013 ago
Networks

Is the Internet under attack?

Jen breaks the Internet The Internet is currently slowed down because of a massive DDoS attack against one anti-spam organization. At least this is the story being reported everywhere, from the New York Times to The Guardian. Or is it? Spamhaus is a non-profit organisation dedicated to fighting unsolicited communications Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 yearsMarch 28, 2013 ago
Networks

Where is the world’s content hosted?

Continuing on the series on Internet centrality, an important element of the argument that the web is greatly centralised rests on the fact that the Web’s architecture is becoming less distributed with time. The push towards the cloud has been translated into fewer name servers, and fewer hosting choices. Pingdom, Read more…

By Andres Guadamuz, 9 yearsMarch 9, 2013 ago

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