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

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Description: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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality, and the Architectures of the Internet. To get started finding The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality, and the Architectures of the Internet, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 131

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Meson Press

Release: 2015

ISBN: 395796041X

Description: 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.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality, and the Architectures of the Internet. To get started finding The Politics of Micro-Decisions: Edward Snowden, Net Neutrality, and the Architectures of the Internet, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

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