The Dianetwork it has started to be used by dictators who want to control people and Google is not unaware of this.
"With what has happened in the last year, governments have realized that you will not turn off the Internet," said Google President Eric Schmidt.
According to the newspaper Guardian, this statement was made on duration of the conference SXSW in Austin, Texas.
Schmidt, of course, went a step further and stated that the new model of a dictator is to infiltrate and try to manipulatetreatmenton the Internet, which has been evident so far in countries such as China.
This statement is very important, especially considering the current international context, the demonstrations taking place in many countries and the conflicts that are at the center of attention.
Most of the time, the Internet has played an important role in uprisings such as those in Ukraine, Venezuela, Turkey and Egypt. In most of these cases, governments have tried to interfere with Internet freedom by blocking social media and other tools often used by protesters.
"We want to strengthen mobile phones and connectivity, especially for people who do not have them. In the book, we can say that revolutions will be easier to start, but harder to end, "said Schmidt, referring to a book he co-authored with Jared Cohen on how the new digital age will shape the future. .
It should also be noted that Google and Eric Schmidt have reacted strongly after the NSA scandal in recent months, calling for increased transparency on the part of the government and upgrade security of their networks by using SSL by default to protect users.
“Η λύση σε αυτό είναι να κρυπτογραφήσουμε τα δεδομένα σε πολλαπλά σημεία της πηγής. Το είχαμε ήδη κάνει αυτό, αλλά τώρα απλά επιταχύναμε τις δραστηριότητές μας”, δήλωσε ο Schmidt. “Είμαστε αρκετά βέβαιοι ότι αυτή τη στιγμή είναι οι πληροφορίες που υπάρχουν στο εσωτερικό της Google είναι ασφαλείς από τα αδιάκριτα βλέμματα της κάθε κυβέρνησης, συμπεριλαμβανομένης και της κυβέρνησης των USA. We were attack by the Chinese in 2010, we were attacked by the NSA in 2013. These are the facts,” said the Google president.
Ο Schmidt έχει δηλώσει στο παρελθόν ότι η encryption είναι το κλειδί για τον τερματισμό της λογοκρισίας στο Διαδίκτυο που συμβαίνει σε χώρες όπως η Κίνα, όπου το Great Firewall μπλοκάρει αρκετές ιστοσελίδες, καθώς η κυβέρνηση προσπαθεί να εξαφανίσει το περιεχόμενο του Internet που είναι δυσμενές για αυτούς και να περιορίσει την πρόσβαση των πολιτών στην ενημέρωση.