Berners-Lee Says No To Internet Snooping
Jack Spine writes “The inventor of the World Wide Web has pointed out some of the dangers of deep packet inspection. Sir Tim said that ISPs ‘snooping’ on data was similar to the interception of mail. ‘This is very important to me, as what is at stake is the integrity of the internet as a communications medium,’ Berners-Lee said on Wednesday. TBL’s comments come as the UK government is gearing up to intercept all web communications in the UK through the Intercept Modernisation Programme, and echo comments he made last year about Phorm.”
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