I was just thinking of how people accept that the internet is not private and that mail is private by law.
And just thinking that there are a number of people that would like to use a private internet, just like there were people that wanted different services that the PO did not provide.
I also know that there are more networks out there, but that most people do not use them (they are for private firms or otherwise).
I am just curious why there are not more internets out there for the public, alternative methods for people to communicate electronically without using the same hubs or stale companies that already are in the industry.
Perhaps this exists, but I do not know. Perhaps it is the actual cables that are the issue, meaning if you can hack this network, you can hack any network....it just seems odd that we all dump all of our information in the same bucket and all go into the same bucket to fish it all out. Why not more buckets.
Seems like there would be opportunity here. I realize there is stuff I am missing, I am asking for folks to help me see it if it is there to be seen, not come on here and tell me I am stupid and should trust everyone. There is demand, why is it not being met? Is the market not open? Barriers to entry? Regs to stop it?
I fugure if people here know of govt officials that hack into webcams of private citizens, which is likely a violation of some law and since these pages are being read, and all realtionships on the internet are searchable, I fugure they have already figured out the friend's name and their job is at risk....perhaps someone knows why there are not more networks being used by the public, only this one WWW.
In the Internet addressing architecture, a private network is a network that uses private IP address space, following the standards set by RFC 1918 and RFC 4193. These addresses are commonly used for home, office, and enterprise local area networks (LANs), when globally routable addresses are not mandatory, or are not available for the intended network applications. Private IP address spaces were originally defined in an effort to delay IPv4 address exhaustion, but they are also a feature of the next generation Internet Protocol, IPv6.
These addresses are characterized as private because they are not globally delegated, meaning they are not allocated to any specific organization, and IP packets addressed by them cannot be transmitted onto the public Internet. Anyone may use these addresses without approval from a regional Internet registry (RIR). If such a private network needs to connect to the Internet, it must use either a network address translator (NAT) gateway, or a proxy server.
There are private networks. Cost would probably be prohibited to users like us. Then again, those with the financial means could get configured as shown in the article. The technology is already there.
Then there are Virtual Private Networks... not as secure... but more secure than what most of us use at home.
A virtual private network (VPN) is a network that uses primarily public telecommunication infrastructure, such as the Internet, to provide remote offices or traveling users access to a central organizational network.
VPNs typically require remote users of the network to be authenticated, and often secure data with encryption technologies to prevent disclosure of private information to unauthorized parties.
VPNs may serve any network functionality that is found on any network, such as sharing of data and access to network resources, printers, databases, websites, etc. A VPN user typically experiences the central network in a manner that is identical to being connected directly to the central network. VPN technology via the public Internet has replaced the need to requisition and maintain expensive dedicated leased-line telecommunication circuits once typical in wide-area network installations.
There are options... but I suspect no network is totally hack proof. Even on a private network, if you can physically get to one of the workstations on the network (like if you work at the company that has the private network) you could still do damage. The whole general architecture of the current internet is based on accessibility and redundancy, which opens itself up to hackers.
