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To: SE Mom

It may be the US...administration ;(


67 posted on 01/03/2017 4:23:47 PM PST by Freedom56v2
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To: bushwon

The internet may never be the same after Sept. 30.

Big changes are coming that threaten its security, stability and openness. The United States has always controlled how the internet functions but, under a plan backed by President Barack Obama, next month it will abdicate control to a multi-stakeholder international governing body.

It’s a big deal, but it’s complicated.

Let me explain: To reach a website or person on the internet, you must give your computer a destination — usually entered as a name or number. That destination has to be unique so computers know where to find each other. Humans prefer to find web and email addresses by name, such as google.com. But computers know each other by numbers, or Internet Protocol (IP) addresses.


70 posted on 01/03/2017 4:26:52 PM PST by gunsequalfreedom
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