For this reason UA Coordinators adopt a managed release of such UA information on the electronic networks. Threats Widespread access then is the key to the development of the Internet as an effective tool. In some countries though electronic communication is seen as a threat by government. It is relatively easy to intercept mail but it is far more difficult and expensive to intercept or monitor electronic messages which are nothing more than a high-speed string of 1s and 0s, and which are split into different packets and sent via different routes to the recipient. The easiest response then is to ban the Internet.
Electronic networks are of course no respecters of borders and sovereignty.
Iran has recently banned the unregulated sale of satellite dishes. India has similarly restricted the development of computer networks by placing a huge licence fee on electronic bulletin board owners. If the administration has its way this microchip would be inserted in every US computer and would allow, by means of an electronic back-door, government agencies to snoop on data passing into and out of that computer. Encryption software that encodes data would then become redundant. A small price to pay, argues the US government, if terrorists and drug traffickers' use of electronic communications are to be monitored and intercepted.