Militarized communication: the internet and the new formats of war
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.4013/fem.2020.221.02Abstract
This article aims to address the main digital conflicts that occur within the framework of a militarized Internet. Discuss how non-state actors gained strength and unbalanced the power of national states using the digital environment. Details the differences between conventional wars and other forms of war that combine types of indirect actions to destroy the enemy. Shows how the concept of Hybrid Warfare arises and the lack of consensus on what it means exactly. Clarifies the distinctions between Netwar and Cyberwar. It examines how techniques of capture, mass storage and processing of gigantic bases (big data) contribute to espionage and widespread surveillance in our connected society. Finally, questions whether it is possible, in the present reality, to have prospects of a demilitarization of the Internet.
Keywords: Militarization. Cyberspace. Surveillance.
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