"States may have few other options than to follow in Brazil's path," said Ian Brown, from the Oxford Internet Institute. "This would be expensive, and likely reduce the rapid rate of innovation that has driven the development of the internet to date … But if states cannot trust that their citizens' personal data – as well as sensitive commercial and government information – will not otherwise be swept up in giant surveillance operations, this may be a price they are willing to pay."...
"Daniel Castro, a senior analyst at the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation (Itif) in Washington, told the Guardian the Snowden revelations were pushing the internet towards a "tipping point" with huge ramifications for the way online communications worked.
"We are certainly getting pushed towards this cliff and it is a cliff we do not want to go over because if we go over it, I don't see how we stop. It is kind of like a run on the bank – the system we have now works unless everyone decides it doesn't work then the whole thing collapses.""
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/nov/01/nsa-surveillance-cause-internet-breakup-edward-snowden
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