- From: Henry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net>
- Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 21:16:32 +0200
- To: public-web-security@w3.org
I forgot to send a link to the essay. https://medium.com/@bblfish/co-immunology-and-the-web-43379b46688e > On 1 Apr 2020, at 20:26, Henry Story <henry.story@bblfish.net> wrote: > > Dear security team, > > I wrote a short essay ”Co-Immunology and the Web” that looks at > security from the immunological perspective. I show that the hyper-text > nature of the web makes the co-immunological perspective essential, as > security has to be thought as relations *between* sites. > > It starts like this: > > [[ > The Covid-19 global pandemic has taught us that immunology is not just > a biological phenomenon, but a personal one requiring us to adopt hygienic > practices, a social one and indeed with the closing of frontiers a > geopolitical one. But it also breaks into the space of technology with > requirements that we learn hygiene rules about reposting content, to limit > transmission of false information about the virus. > > I will show how the concept of co-immunity developed by Peter Sloterdijk > can give us a framework to understand this. The essay ends by developing > an analysis of the immunological features of the internet and locate pieces > that we need to make a healthier World Wide Web. > ]] > > There are a number of references there that could be useful > to rethink security in a new light. > > Happy first of April, > > Henry Story > > https://co-operating.systems > @bblfish
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