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unexposedhazard ,

Yeah the last part is probably the only good solution, albeit not the most realistic. De-commercializing large parts of the internet again would be a big step in the right direction.

TimeSquirrel ,
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Yeah, I remember when YouTube WAS just a bunch of people making videos as a hobby. It's crazy to me that there are now people whose primary income depends on it. I've never viewed the Internet as something you should put down permanent roots in and get embedded like that, because whatever online service you're using could be gone tommorow.

unexposedhazard ,

Also (almost) nothing on the Internet is built with verifiability or true security in mind. It is absurdly simple to ruin someones life just by hijacking a social media account or depositing some incriminating files on someone elses computer if you somehow get access to it. The Internet is a technical test playground that for some reason was turned into a space that peoples livelihoods depend on.

TimeSquirrel ,
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The original researchers of the Arpanet probably didnt envision the entire globe and all it's bad actors piling onto it. They probably thought it would remain a government and scientific tool. So they built it to do one thing, and that's to get packets from point A to point B. Network security as we know it didn't even enter in to the picture.

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