[LINK] Tim Berners-Lee and snooping internet communications

[Jan Whitaker]

[Hope this comes through ok]

"The inventor of the World Wide Web has pointed out some of the 
<http://news.zdnet.co.uk/security/0,1000000189,39625971,00.htm>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 
<http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/08/13/2037219&tid=158>Intercept 
Modernisation Programme, and echo 
<http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=08/03/17/1259234&tid=158>comments 
he made last year about Phorm."

http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=09/03/11/1838251&from=rss



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