The internet's 'father' says it was born with two big flaws (GOOGL)

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• Vint Cerf, one of the creators of the internet, said the network had two big flaws when he launched it.
• The internet didn't have room for all the devices that would eventually be connected to it, said Cerf, now Google's chief internet evangelist.
• It also didn't have any built-in security protocols.
• Even though both shortcomings proved problematic, Cerf's not certain he would have fixed them if he had to do it all over again.

The internet was born flawed. But if it hadn't been, it might not have grown into the worldwide phenomenon it's become.

That's the take of Vint Cerf, and if anyone would know, it's him. He's widely considered to be one of the fathers of the international network and helped officially launch it in 1983.

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