It is true that authoritarian governments increasingly see the internet as a threat in part because they see the US government behind the internet. It would not be accurate to say they are reacting to the threat posed by the internet, they are reacting to the threat poised by United States via the internet. They are not reacting against blogs, or Facebook or Twitter per se, they are reacting against organizations like the National Endowment for Democracy funding bloggers and activists.

Military commanders do not want to be tried for war crimes, even if those crimes are committed online.

North Korea aside, most authoritarian governments have already accepted the growth of the Internet culture as inevitable; they have little choice but to find ways to shape it in accord with their own narratives - or risk having their narratives shaped by others.

Cybercriminals are usually driven by profit, while cyberterrorists are driven by ideology.

I'm rarely invited to start-up parties, but who cares about their trinkets and apps anyway?

This marketization of personal information is a big mistake.

I don't think love for technology itself breeds change.