Why Every Human Will Have An IP Address By 2025
Earlier this year the availability IPv4 addresses ran dry, much like fossil fuels will in the future. While IPv6 is slowly being adopted the number of addresses available, some 3.4×1038 in fact, far outweigh any projections for the number of connected devices that require one by 2025, especially when taking into account the 50 billion or so expected by the Internet Of Things. But this presents an opportunity to reshape how humans interact not only with the internet and connected devices, but how they are treated as citizens by their governments.
You see, instead of having separate Passport Numbers, Social Security Numbers, National Insurance Numbers, Tax IDs, Driver Licence Numbers, you will be assigned a single Human IP address. Like IPv4, IPv6 supports globally unique addresses by which the network activity of each device can potentially be tracked, and whilst this can conjure up all sorts of privacy concerns, by assigning each person a globally unique address the same can be applied.
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You see, instead of having separate Passport Numbers, Social Security Numbers, National Insurance Numbers, Tax IDs, Driver Licence Numbers, you will be assigned a single Human IP address. Like IPv4, IPv6 supports globally unique addresses by which the network activity of each device can potentially be tracked, and whilst this can conjure up all sorts of privacy concerns, by assigning each person a globally unique address the same can be applied.
Hey, check out all the research scientist jobs. Post your resume today!