Tim Berners-Lee blasts UK government's Internet spying plan

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, has blasted the UK government's Draft Communications Bill, which will allow bulk, warrantless, unaccountable surveillance of all Internet traffic by government agencies in the UK. TBL rightly points out that this will overturn the whole UK tradition of freedom and privacy. The Open Rights Group has a campaign to kill the bill, and you can help.

“If the UK introduces draconian legislation that allows the Government to block websites or to snoop on people, which decreases privacy, in future indexes they may find themselves farther down the list,” he said.

Sir Tim Berners-Lee accuses government of 'draconian' internet snooping (via /.)

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Richard

“… the UK government’s Daft Communications Bill …”

FTFY. :o)
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If this passes I’ll bite the bullet and invest in a VPS, my internet activity wouldn’t exactly raise an eyebrow but it’s the principle of being spied upon for my every move. As if the cameras, social media and constant data collection weren’t bad enough already.
teapot

Yep… they’re talking about introducing mandatory 2 year data retention laws in Australia and if they do I’ll be biting the bullet and paying for a VPN as well.

http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/09/05/national-security-hysteria-the-fastest-growing-crime-in-aust/