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1 00:00:05,568 --> 00:00:07,570 I have discussed this problem with several people 2 00:00:07,570 --> 00:00:09,030 of human rights and internet protocols 3 00:00:09,030 --> 00:00:10,364 and the most common response was 4 00:00:10,364 --> 00:00:11,407 "what? 5 00:00:11,407 --> 00:00:12,283 it's obvious 6 00:00:12,283 --> 00:00:14,280 there's no relationship between human rights 7 00:00:14,280 --> 00:00:15,244 and internet protocols 8 00:00:15,244 --> 00:00:17,121 it’s completely different things 9 00:00:17,121 --> 00:00:19,120 how can there be any connection?” 10 00:00:19,120 --> 00:00:22,418 The IETF has made a big thing 11 00:00:22,418 --> 00:00:24,503 of not being a political organization. 12 00:00:24,503 --> 00:00:26,500 Being an engineering organization. 13 00:00:26,500 --> 00:00:28,174 There are quite a few people in the IETF 14 00:00:28,174 --> 00:00:30,509 that would prefer not to get into politics. 15 00:00:30,885 --> 00:00:32,845 The Internet started as a military 16 00:00:32,887 --> 00:00:34,180 and academic network 17 00:00:34,180 --> 00:00:36,180 with a limited number of users 18 00:00:36,180 --> 00:00:37,892 therefore, it was implicit 19 00:00:37,892 --> 00:00:39,435 that users could trust each other 20 00:00:39,435 --> 00:00:41,479 and that they shared the same objectives. 21 00:00:41,812 --> 00:00:43,470 This was its foundation. 22 00:00:43,939 --> 00:00:45,941 The underlying protocols of the internet 23 00:00:45,941 --> 00:00:48,861 IP, TCP, HTTP, DNS 24 00:00:48,861 --> 00:00:49,904 all of these protocols 25 00:00:49,904 --> 00:00:51,614 are enabling protocols 26 00:00:51,697 --> 00:00:53,032 that allow to do whatever you want 27 00:00:53,115 --> 00:00:54,909 and so you see this wonderful flowering of 28 00:00:55,117 --> 00:00:56,077 of innovation 29 00:00:56,077 --> 00:00:57,828 of new ways of communicating. 30 00:00:58,412 --> 00:00:59,914 The functioning of the internet 31 00:00:59,914 --> 00:01:01,457 is dependent upon standards. 32 00:01:01,749 --> 00:01:04,085 To build the first connection between computers 33 00:01:04,085 --> 00:01:05,503 and have them talk to each other 34 00:01:05,503 --> 00:01:07,296 the Network Control Protocol 35 00:01:07,296 --> 00:01:08,297 NCP 36 00:01:08,297 --> 00:01:09,423 was developed. 37 00:01:09,423 --> 00:01:11,634 It was later on replaced by the more efficient 38 00:01:11,634 --> 00:01:13,385 Transmission Control Protocol 39 00:01:13,385 --> 00:01:14,428 TCP 40 00:01:14,428 --> 00:01:17,014 which confirms that sent messages are received. 41 00:01:17,348 --> 00:01:18,265 On top of that 42 00:01:18,599 --> 00:01:20,351 files are cut into little parts 43 00:01:20,351 --> 00:01:21,310 packets 44 00:01:21,310 --> 00:01:24,063 which allows for more efficient traffic handling. 45 00:01:24,063 --> 00:01:25,648 with this two innovations 46 00:01:25,648 --> 00:01:27,640 packet switching and TCP 47 00:01:27,640 --> 00:01:29,640 the modern internet was born. 48 00:01:31,195 --> 00:01:32,655 Since the internet is a network 49 00:01:32,655 --> 00:01:34,198 made up of other networks 50 00:01:34,198 --> 00:01:35,699 the biggest challenge has been 51 00:01:35,699 --> 00:01:37,159 defining open standards 52 00:01:37,159 --> 00:01:38,410 that allow this networks 53 00:01:38,410 --> 00:01:40,410 to communicate with each other. 54 00:01:41,789 --> 00:01:43,124 A vibrant city needs 55 00:01:43,124 --> 00:01:44,708 well engineered infrastructure 56 00:01:44,708 --> 00:01:46,752 to keep it growing and running smoothly 57 00:01:46,752 --> 00:01:48,170 that’s why we need the 58 00:01:48,170 --> 00:01:50,297 Internet Engineering Task Force 59 00:01:50,297 --> 00:01:52,424 a global organization of volunteers 60 00:01:52,424 --> 00:01:54,760 collaborating to design standards 61 00:01:54,760 --> 00:01:56,345 that provide the infrastructure 62 00:01:56,345 --> 00:01:57,930 for innovation on the Internet. 63 00:01:57,930 --> 00:02:00,724 It's critically important to have global standards. 64 00:02:01,267 --> 00:02:02,720 And one of the reasons the IETF 65 00:02:02,720 --> 00:02:05,062 and organizations like the IETF 66 00:02:05,062 --> 00:02:06,522 are important 67 00:02:06,605 --> 00:02:09,060 where it’s voluntary expert based. 68 00:02:09,316 --> 00:02:11,060 The IETF is open. 69 00:02:11,360 --> 00:02:13,060 Open participation. 70 00:02:13,060 --> 00:02:14,446 Open processes 71 00:02:14,446 --> 00:02:15,739 and open standards. 72 00:02:15,739 --> 00:02:17,533 It’s interesting because the IETF community 73 00:02:17,533 --> 00:02:19,994 is very heavily biased towards 74 00:02:20,202 --> 00:02:20,786 you know 75 00:02:20,786 --> 00:02:21,787 white male 76 00:02:21,787 --> 00:02:22,580 middle class 77 00:02:22,580 --> 00:02:23,873 American engineers. 78 00:02:25,291 --> 00:02:27,543 The people who work on the standards are 79 00:02:28,586 --> 00:02:30,713 sincerely striving for 80 00:02:31,797 --> 00:02:33,549 doing the right thing technically 81 00:02:34,133 --> 00:02:35,540 and in a sense they have to do that because 82 00:02:35,540 --> 00:02:37,803 if they do the wrong thing technically it won’t work. 83 00:02:38,345 --> 00:02:40,181 And so, for the most part 84 00:02:40,181 --> 00:02:41,682 issues of human rights 85 00:02:41,682 --> 00:02:43,100 or ethics in general 86 00:02:43,309 --> 00:02:44,685 are a distraction to them. 87 00:02:44,810 --> 00:02:46,270 IETF is not the protocol police. 88 00:02:47,771 --> 00:02:49,732 all of this control, what happens in the world. 89 00:02:51,734 --> 00:02:53,527 I've been in a space dealing with 90 00:02:54,153 --> 00:02:55,946 data-brokers 91 00:02:55,946 --> 00:02:59,366 and third party surveillors of consumers 92 00:02:59,366 --> 00:03:01,035 for so many years. 93 00:03:01,535 --> 00:03:03,030 Like twenty years ago 94 00:03:03,030 --> 00:03:05,080 we brought together a group of data-brokers 95 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:06,498 to find out what they're doing 96 00:03:06,498 --> 00:03:08,417 and how much they know about con