Web inventor, Berners-Lee, warns against third-party internet snooping

Sir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world wide web, today warned MPs and peers that they should not allow third parties, including commercial companies, to snoop on people’s internet browsing.”We use the internet without a thought that a third party would know what we have just clicked on,” Berners-Lee said.”Yet the URLs [webpages] people use reveal a huge amount about their lives, loves, hates and fears. This is extremely sensitive information.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2009/mar/11/berners-lee-internet-dataBerners-Lee’s ‘snooping’ warning
The integrity of the internet is under threat if online “snooping” goes unchecked, one of the web’s most respected figures has told Parliament.Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web, said browsing habits could now be monitored as if someone had put a “TV camera in one’s room”.Laws must be better enforced to ensure such “sensitive” data was not misused for commercial gain, he added.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/7936625.stmWeb inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee wants ban on snooping on internet users
The creator of the worldwide web warned today against the collection of users’ data by commercial organisations.Sir Tim Berners-Lee said that third parties, including companies and governments, should not be allowed to snoop on the public’s browsing of the internet.He told a meeting at Westminster: “We use the internet without a thought that a third party would know what we have clicked on. But the URLs / people use reveal a huge amount about their lives, loves, hates and fears. This is extremely sensitive information.
http://technology.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/tech_and_web/article5890530.eceBerners-Lee says no to internet ‘snooping’
The inventor of the World Wide Web, Sir Tim Berners-Lee, has attacked deep packet inspection, a technique used to monitor traffic on the internet and other communications networks.Speaking at a House of Lords event to mark the 20th anniversary of the invention of the World Wide Web, Berners-Lee said that deep packet inspection (DPI) was the electronic equivalent of opening people’s mail.
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