Because no single body or government sets rules for the entire Internet, any digital code of conduct would have to emerge from the grassroots – and thus would be highly imperfect. But perhaps the NSA has helped start the discussion: though we may not know which rules we want, we may now have gained a much better idea of which rules we do not want.
自由永远不是绝对的，不管在线上还是在线下。人权——不仅仅是个人隐私权——在网络空间中叶必须得到尊重。由于没有个人和政府为整个互联网制定规则，因此任何数字行为规范都必须来自草根——也因此必然是极不完美的。但也许美国国安局帮助我们开启了讨论：尽管我们可能不知道想要什么规则，但至少已经有了关于我们不想要什么规则的好主意。