INTERNET ILLUSTRATION

A skull which is also an ampersand: the monthly reference magazine of new technologies has selected a visual shocker.

In a major survey, the magazine tells how the revelations about the National Security Agency ( NSA) have shaken the giants in the technology sector: Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others. NSA programs using data stored by these companies threaten the very foundation of their activity: trust placed in them by users .

But the biggest fear of the sector is that the revelations based on Edward Snowden documents will involve a movement of "balkanization " of the web. Indeed, some countries are tempted to store the personal data of citizens in their own territory , free from intrusions of the NSA. This has an economic advantage: nationals are forced to use local technology services. And a political appeal: it is easier to spy on its own citizens. Malaysia has recently passed a law to that effect. Brazil and India are considering measures of "data protectionism ." This type of system is even mentioned in Germany.

If this trend is confirmed, it could "destroy the open nature of the web", creating "dozens of independent Internet that do not communicate with each other,"says the magazine. It is "the future of the Internet" that is at stake. - The article here. (Fonte: aqui).

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O texto fala sobre espionagem global: denúncia sobre articulações da NSA envolvendo Facebook, Google e outras; a partir de revelações de Edward Snowden, o propósito de "balcanizar" a rede (web), ou seja, estabelecer o caos informacional, comprometendo os esforços de países diversos mundo afora, inclusive o Brasil, no sentido de estabelecer formas de controle/proteção etc, etc.
(Não consegui obter o nome do autor da criativa ilustração em destaque).