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control.or.have.access.to..That.could.be.as.simple.as.looking.
at.a.remote.Web.camera.to.see.what.the.snow.is.like.at.the.
ski.area,.or.to.check.the.trafic..Or.it.could.be.checking.your.
own. home. surveillance. camera. records. to. see. if. your. teen-
ager.really.got.home.at.midnight.like.she.was.supposed.to.
Because. we. now. live. in. the. world. we. do,. where. digital.
video.is.a.reality.of.all.of.our.lives.every.day,.and.nearly.every-
where.we.go,.it.behooves.us.to.recognize.its.existence. and.
consider.carefully.the.ramiications.of.this.type.of.stored.data.
3.12 INTERNET OR ONLINE DATA
Finally,.we.come.to.the.place.where.many.of.us.spend.most.
of.our.time,.and.where.consequently.the.richest.and.perhaps.
most.important.store.of.data.relevant.to.our.lives.and.interests.
and.activities.resides.
The. number. of. people. with. access. to. the. Internet. has.
grown. exponentially. right. along. with. the. growth. in. data.
storage. capacity. and. computer. power.. In. my. organization,.
which.happens.to.be.public.sector,.we.often.discuss.the.
digi-
tal. divide
.. This. is. an. ever-shrinking. division. between. those.
who.have.access.to.the.Internet.and.those.who.do.not..It.is.
decreasing.to.some.degree.due.to.the.efforts.of.government.
and. nongovernmental. organizations. to. create. opportunities.
and.facilities.for.more.people.to.have.that.access.
Worldwide.the.infrastructure.to.bring.access.to.the.Web.is.
growing.every.day..Yurts.in.the.remote.steppes.of.Mongolia.
have.satellite.dishes.and.solar.electric.panels.to.power.their.
laptops,.free.laptops.are.delivered.to.remote.African.villages,.
and. satellite. access. is. connected. where. the. residents. live. in.
mud.huts.
As.this.access.grows,.it.also.becomes.a.political.issue.in.
some.countries.where.the.governments.are.more.restrictive.
and. attempt. to. limit. their. citizens'. access. to. the. wide. open.
information.available.on.the.Internet.
All.this. shows.the.immensity. and.reach.of.the.data.that.
anyone. can. access. on. today's. Internet. infrastructure.. And.
