Mais alors que les restrictions sur les offres mobiles sont anciennes (et d’une certaine manière indispensables pour gérer des ondes en quantité limitée), c’est la première fois que nous voyons Orange violer très officiellement la neutralité des réseaux sur une offre d’accès à internet fixe. En effet, comme l’a remarqué @klorydryk, Orange démarche des clients professionnels pour leur proposer une offre Fibre Pro d’Orange, en précisant dans son courrier que “VoIP, Peer to Peer, streaming vidéo et Newsgroups (sont) interdits”.

In the coming world, it probably doesn’t hurt that government secrets not only are unsafe from each other, but from their own people. It probably doesn’t hurt either that spying is an overrated source of national advantage—otherwise East Germany today would be a superpower.
No doubt many would prefer the countryless world of the Internet to be protected by the kind of strict and enforceable laws that are possible within national boundaries. That’s not in the cards anytime soon.

In a speech six years ago, then-CIA Deputy Director Donald Kerr delivered the unwelcome verdict: Privacy is not a realistic expectation much of the time on the Web. Our world is increasingly self-regulated by this fact. Recognizing as much is the beginning of wisdom.

Without naming any particular sources, both The Telegraph and The Independent say the government is worried about espionage by China, Russia, Iran, and Pakistan in particular, claiming that those countries now have the ability to turn on a smartphone or tablet’s microphone even when the device is off. That’s something the FBI can also allegedly do.

Those who have suffered discrimination have paid the greatest price for this lack of legal protection. But ultimately we all pay a price. If our coworkers cannot be themselves in the workplace, they certainly cannot be their best selves. When that happens, we undermine people’s potential and deny ourselves and our society the full benefits of those individuals’ talents.