If Silvio Berlusconi gets his way, we might. Italy’s conservative prime minister, born in 1936, has a plan to control the web. His interior minister, Roberto Maroni, has hinted it could mean every user having an “identification number”.Such a Prisoner-style approach might sound far-fetched. But Berlusconi is in a position to make a difference. Italy took on the rotating presidency of the G8 – the “Group of 8” most powerful nations – this month, and it will be Berlusconi and his officials who draw up the agenda for the next meeting of the rich nations’ club, in Sardinia on 9-10 July.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/jan/22/internet-privacy-berlusconi
One day, will we all have our own number online?
If Silvio Berlusconi gets his way, we might. Italy’s conservative prime minister, born in 1936, has a plan to control the web. His interior minister, Roberto Maroni, has hinted it could mean every user having an “identification number”.