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The Future of Security: Criticality, Rejectionists, Risk Tolerance

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DANIEL E. GEER, JR

It may no longer be possible to live your life without dependence on the Internet. Unlike television, you cannot entirely unplug from the Internet even if you want to. If you are dependent on those who are dependent on television, then so what? If, however, you are dependent on those who are dependent on the Internet, then so are you. Dependence with respect to television is not transitive. Dependence with respect to the Internet is.

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August 2012, Volume 37, Number 4
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