Anti-Viral Plug

January 13, 2006

Picture the scenario: computer users worldwide wake up one Tuesday morning to find their hard drives smoking, victims of a malicious virus designed to wreak the maximum possible havoc. Internet maven Jonathan Zittrain thinks it's not a matter of if, but when. He tells Brooke that unless we act now, a "9/11 moment" for the Internet could result in a Patriot Act-like backlash that would stifle all sorts of e-innovation.


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