Cisco Systems - Mobile data traffic is increasing rapidly

In a recent study by the U.S. network equipment supplier Cisco Systems expects a Verelffachung global data traffic to 190 exabytes per year in 2018. Mobile data traffic is in Germany tenfold increase, as the study "Cisco Visual Networking Index Global Mobile Data Traffic Forecast for 2013 to 2018 'reported.

The average bandwidth of mobile data connections the study authors expect an increase from 2.1 to 3.6 megabits per second and smartphones will be according to the data on the go with 15 megabits per second. Over the next four years, the number of mobile users will increase by 800 million to 4.9 billion and is estimated at 10 billion mobile devices. A year ago, the number of mobile devices has already amounted to 7 billion.

The smartphones, tablets and notebooks will are responsible for about 94 percent of mobile data traffic in the world by 2018.The mobile cloud traffic will increase 12-fold to the study result by 2018 and will be responsible for 90 percent of mobile data traffic.

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Spy: the CIA would pay 10 million per year to AT & T

Beyond the transmission of information on judicial order to the NSA, AT & T have entered into a voluntary agreement with the CIA that has access to phone records of suspected terrorists.

The CIA pays more than $ 10 million annually to the telephone operator AT & T to provide it for phone records of people suspected of terrorist ties, reported Thursday the New York Times .

If the NSA , the U.S. agency responsible for intercepting communications, ensures the forced cooperation of American operators through court injunctions, the collaboration between the CIA and AT & T settled on the basis of a voluntary contract and paid says the daily. The agency provides information to the operator of the telephone numbers of suspected terrorists overseas. AT & T then searches its huge database with which these people were in phone contact, including the United States, and provides metadata (number called, length of call) to the CIA.

The agency is responsible for foreign intelligence and law prohibiting him from conducting business in the U.S., where phone numbers are in the United States, AT & T does not disclose the identity of the owner of the number , she hides many figures, says the daily.

"When a government entity requests information from us, we ensure that the request and our response is appropriate and completely legal," he told AFP Mark Siegel, a spokesman for the operator who does not " comment on matters of national security. "

Without confirming the existence of this program, Todd Ebitz, a spokesman for the CIA, assured that it was not engaged in surveillance of American citizens. "The CIA protects the country and respects the rights to privacy of Americans by ensuring that its intelligence gathering activities are focused on foreign intelligence and espionage against", has he told AFP .

This program seems to duplicate that of the NSA to collect phone metadata with operators in the fight against terrorism. Since the revelations of his old Edward Snowden consultant, she faced strong criticism and is accused of violating the privacy of Americans.

Conducting a similar program by the CIA could be explained by the need for an agency with agents in the field of rapid information, according to the Times , citing a senior intelligence official. "The CIA often meets this need for immediate action by developing its own capacity," the official said.

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Personal data and telecommunications: the new European legal framework planned for 2015

At the EU summit, member states have agreed on the reform agenda. The telecoms package and directive protecting the privacy of advantages are given to 2015.

At the EU summit, which brought together the heads of member states Thursday, October 24, in Brussels, the Council agreed on a timetable for the digital projects of the Union.

The Telecoms Package and the draft revision of the directive on personal data will curly was in 2015 . More broadly, 2015 was also the time horizon for achieving harmonization and coordination of educational efforts in digital and training for careers in computer science, computer security or investment in the cloud.

The completion of the copyright in the digital age is itself scheduled for spring 2014 .

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Sex and porn on the internet seduce 15-24

Two-thirds of French people aged 15-24 have surfed on a porn site, and 17% of young men and women reported having had sexual intercourse through a dating site, according to a poll Ifop.

Thanks to the mobile internet and social networks, young French consume more and more porn and make greater sexual use of the web indicates Ifop poll commissioned by the site Cam4 webcam.

69% of boys and 35% of girls aged 15 to 24 have already surfed on a porn site , according to the survey. Boys over 18 years, the proportion has taken 30 points in seven years.

In addition, 15-24 incorporate more new modes of communication in their sexual practices. Thus, 38% of under-25s have surfed on a dating site , 24% are already out with people met through the Internet, and 17% reported having had sexual intercourse in this way.

In addition, 24% of young people have had phone sex with someone they had never seen in real life, 28% say they could make love virtually via webcam with their partner, and 8% 15-24 have sexual content viewed by webcam .

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Verizon attack Net Neutrality to pay Netflix

The trial between the operator in the U.S. telecoms regulator has opened. Verizon claims the right to manage its traffic as it sees fit, to counter the increasing burden imposed sites like Netflix on its network.

There is not only France that telecom operators seeking to help the web "over the top" platforms (OTT) to finance their investments in network infrastructure. The problem is raised for a long time : it is the monopolization of bandwidth by a small number of players in the huge audience and asking a lot of network capacity, ie platforms demand video such as YouTube and Netflix. In France, the standoff between Free YouTube and highlighted the impact that these conflicts can have on consumers.

In the United States, it is Verizon that puts his foot in it. His lawsuit against the U.S. telecoms regulator (FCC) has just begun in the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, reports Les Echos . Verizon requires the ability to manage traffic on its network as it sees fit, blocking or slowing some sites depending on the amount of data flowing at a time T. This practice is contrary to the principle of net neutrality, is not allowed in the United States at present.

Verizon is supported by Comcast (which has already won a battle on the same issue facing the FCC in 2010), AT & T, Liberty Media, T-Mobile and Sprint. All are facing the same problem in the evening, the United States, Netflix occupies a third of the traffic! They would be able to force Netflix to pay to get their data to their customers.

But this kind of practice is double-edged and demands a clear framework. Otherwise nothing would prevent the most powerful financial actors, telcos pay to see their traffic prioritized on their networks, which increase the tendency to monopoly internet.

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