Impacts of Encryption Everywhere (any solution?)

Tue May 29 17:21:18 UTC 2018

> 
> The Internet in Indonesia is the very same Internet in Eritrea, as it is
> in Canada. We can't quite split that…

I admit that I haven’t been to Eritrea or Indonesia, but using Ethiopia
and Malaysia as stand-ins (which I have been to), I can say that while they
are the same internet, the level of development, the payment systems which
are usable via said internet, and other aspects of the daily use and capabilities
which can be utilized on the internet in those countries does vary greatly.

For example, Apple Pay is somewhat ubiquitous in Canada. It’s virtually unheard
of in Ethiopia. My travels to Malaysia were not recent enough for me to comment
accurately on the current state of things.

M-Pesa is widely accepted in Kenya, but not at all in the US or Canada.

PayPal is popular in the US, but not so much in most of the rest of the world.

YMMV.

IPv6 is readily available on almost every mobile phone in the US. Less so in
Kenya or Tanzania, Eritrea, Canada, or Indonesia.

While all connected networks are part of the same big I Internet, not all networks
are created or maintained equal and not all services on those networks are
ubiquitously available to all users of the big I Internet.

Owen