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The digitization of all kinds of content and the emergence of the Internet Protocol as a universal standard for any telecommunication have changed the way we interact with each other. This fundamental change has progressed in a very short time. Digitization makes it possible to code data and information in a standardized way and to structure the data in small packages. The Internet Protocol makes it possible to transport these packages on nearly all communication infrastructures to any place on the globe, regardless of the platform from which they originate or to which they flow. Similar to today’s standardized ship** containers capable of transporting any manner of good by ships, railways, as well as trucks, the Internet Protocol frees content of dependency on any specific network or device. In principle, it is now irrelevant whether such a communications device is fixed or mobile. However, the convenience of accessing the Internet via mobile devices has led to a far stronger attachment to smartphones than to any other electronic device that has been introduced to date.
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Thouvenin, F., Hettich, P., Burkert, H., Gasser, U. (2018). 5 Mobile Internet. In: Remembering and Forgetting in the Digital Age. Law, Governance and Technology Series, vol 38. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-90230-2_7
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