Sir Tim Berners-Lee, widely recognised as the father of the modern web, has warned that online snooping could pose a threat to the integrity of the internet. He’s particularly concerned by the use of Deep Packet Inspection (DPI) which he likened to wiretapping.
Sir Tim was speaking before the UK All Parliamentary Group on Communications [...]

The Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) has officially launched its new web site, Surveillance Self-Defence (SSD). The SSD is designed to:
…educate the American public about the law and technology of government surveillance in the United States, providing the information and tools necessary to evaluate the threat of surveillance and take appropriate steps to defend against it
In [...]

PC World reports on a new front opening up in the privacy wars: the EU wants authorities to be able to tap Skype calls.
It’s not just Skype, although they’re the best known provider of internet telephony – Voice Over IP (VOIP) – services. The EU agency Eurojust is concerned that there is currently no legal [...]

Bad news for Canadian residents who value their privacy: this month has already seen three major Big Brother stories from that country.

There’s been a lot of hyperbole floating around about the new Google Latitude product with some people claiming it’s a “spy in the pocket” that “broadcasts your location”. It isn’t and it doesn’t – but it does still have serious implications for personal privacy.