a major conference festival dedicated to the "new digital era" arrived last week in the US in Austin (Texas). This time was the opportunity to hear Eric Schmidt, Google CEO between 01 and 2011 ., and Jared Cohen, with whom he collaborated to write a book of the same name - to comment on development of new technologies in our daily lives
Jared Cohen is one of the most influential people in the world as such is ranked in the top 100 in 2013 Time magazine as director of Google Ideas, a think tank whose teams aim to [1945009"unmondemeilleurgrâceàlatechnologie"]
discussions focused on the nations with the popular revolution which was based on social networks: "in Ukraine, the government realized that it could not keep the opposition to remain silent. (...) In Venezuela, the opposition has been muzzled under Hugo Chavez. It is possible, "said Jared Cohen
The conclusion is simple :. Now ubiquitous connectivity. "Between 3 and 4 million people are connected to the Internet with their smartphone. The benefits in terms of access and dissemination of knowledge are incredible, Eric Schmidt mentioned. As we wrote in our book, revolutions will be easier to implement. But they will also be more difficult to conclude. "
These Web giants are also concerned about the potential dangers of the net and impact data, data ie generated by countless connections of these individuals.
"When I traveled in Syria, I live chemical attacks, but also situations where the militants were killed for posting on their walls [Facebook or Google+]. They had been spotted by the government with their Internet connections. We are no longer safe even stay home, people need to learn, "said Jared Cohen.
the global digital surveillance and the right to privacy were the main topics of this conference, especially after . Edward Snowden's revelations about how the NSA could spy on our online actions
E. Schmidt said: "We were attacked by China in 2010. We were attacked by the NSA in 2013. But we are pretty sure that Google's data is safe from prying eyes of all governments, including the United States. "He believes that the solution to ensure online security" is to encrypt the data, as far as possible. We have already done, but we will accelerate our work in this area. "
Compared to digital developments in society that are" necessary for democracies "Eric Schmidt thought that" we must trust companies "like Google to preserve and promote ethical values.
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