Closing Keynote - A free, fair and open internet is a process, not a product.
summary
Argues that internet freedom is an ongoing fight not a finished product, citing concrete wins and losses: Title II net neutrality win in 2015 and its reversal via Ajit Pai’s December rule, empirical tools like Tim Wu's network-measuring tool and John Gilmore’s DES cracker that brute‑forces keys in 2.5 hours, Vault 7 research showing ~20% per‑year independent rediscovery of hoarded 0‑days, and legal threats like DMCA §1201 (5 years / $500k). Urges two concrete commitments: devices obey owners and disclosure of defects always be legal.
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chapters (8)
- 0:00Introduction
- 0:45Network neutrality success
- 9:28Process over product
- 18:52Companies not allies
- 26:40DRM and general-purpose computing
- 38:22Security experts' power
- 44:03Defending digital rights
- 45:31Q&A
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