[ninux-not-wireless] Meet the seven people who hold the keys to worldwide internet security

[Alessandro Gubitosi]

FYI


It sounds like the stuff of science fiction: seven keys, held by
individuals from all over the world, that together control security at
the core of the web. The reality is rather closer to The Office than The
Matrix

In a nondescript industrial estate in El Segundo, a boxy suburb in
south-west Los Angeles just a mile or two from LAX international
airport, 20 people wait in a windowless canteen for a ceremony to begin.
Outside, the sun is shining on an unseasonably warm February day;
inside, the only light comes from the glare of halogen bulbs.

There is a strange mix of accents -- predominantly American, but
smatterings of Swedish, Russian, Spanish and Portuguese can be heard
around the room, as men and women (but mostly men) chat over pepperoni
pizza and 75-cent vending machine soda. In the corner, an Asteroids
arcade machine blares out tinny music and flashing lights.
...

http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/feb/28/seven-people-keys-worldwide-internet-security-web

Gubi
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