The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality, and the Architectures of the Internet - Couverture souple

Sprenger, Florian

 
9783957960405: The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality, and the Architectures of the Internet
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3957960401 ISBN 13 : 9783957960405
Editeur : Meson Press Eg, 2015

Synopsis

Be it in the case of opening a website, sending an email, or high-frequency trading, bits and bytes of information have to cross numerous nodes at which micro-decisions are made. These decisions concern the most efficient path through the network, the processing speed, or the priority of incoming data packets. Despite their multifaceted nature, micro-decisions are a dimension of control and surveillance in the twenty-first century that has received little critical attention. They represent the smallest unit and the technical precondition of a contemporary network politics - and of our potential opposition to it. The current debates regarding net neutrality and Edward Snowden's revelation of NSA surveillance are only the tip of the iceberg. What is at stake is nothing less than the future of the Internet as we know it.

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Éditeur
Meson Press Eg
Date d'édition
2015
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3957960401
ISBN 13 
9783957960405
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
128
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
gpsr@libri.de
gpsr@libri.de

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