[Chapter-delegates] Vint on Internet trust issues

[Sophia B]

Very valid question and also timley and probing!
Sopha
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On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Zaid Ali <zaid at sfbayisoc.org> wrote:

> This is a great article on Vint Cerf's talk last night at Plantir
> Nightlife,
>
> http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fasterforward/2010/07/vint_cerf_at_palantir
> _night_li.html. Vint talks a lot about Trust issues on the Internet and I
> also seem to see talks on cyber security, online trust, botnet attacks as a
> common recurring theme on news articles and conferences I have been
> attending. With the introduction of Android phones and the fact that anyone
> can build an application without much scrutiny we have seen a surge in a
> new
> breed of Botnets. Since the Android phones are similar to the PC market
> there is quite a huge explosion of security issues similar to rise of
> Windows desktops.
>
> The article not only raises some concerns on the technical side but also
> the
> policy side. My question to ISOC is we have a trust and identity
> initiative,
> how is the initiative involved in these discussions with various
> stakeholders? Can the trust and identity initiative shed some light on this
> and perhaps we could have a discussion?
>
>
> --
> Zaid Ali
> President, Internet Society San Francisco Bay chapter
> www.sfbayisoc.org
> zaid at sfbayisoc.org
>
>
>
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