HIIG_Webcast Interview Jeanette Hofmann - Avri Doria -- Elwyn Davies
Channel: Alexander von Humboldt Institut for internet and society
Date: 03/04/2012

In the proceeding of the workshop Future Network Architecture taken place at the 1st Berlin Symposium on Internet and Society, Avri Doria and Elwyn Davies are being interviewed by Jeanette Hofmann to deepen some of the questions raised during the discussion.

[Full length 19:14]

Predicting the future of internet technology and infrastructure, it is revealed from the beginning, is not an easy job but of course certain trends are obvious [2:30]. The interview catches up on assumptions concerning the internet of things (IoT) and the impact it might have on altering the internet architecture [5:30]. Understanding IoT as an overlaid network, it will not change the fundamental technological principles which created the internet but instead might actually deepen the architecture, Avri points out. In mentioning problems like ownership and the control of data, privacy by design could be a useful concept. But it's still vague, how to design privacy from the start when it's so contradictory to what people want from it, as Jeanette puts the question [10:20]. Finally, the conversation refers to best effort as a design principle [14:45]. Both interviewees state that best effort has never been a principle, but rather a business model based on differences in service qualities.

The workshop was based on a discussion paper written by Avri Doria and which is still available for download (www.hiig.de).