Tim Berners-Lee: NSA Surveillance an 'Intrusion on Basic Human Rights'

> "Unwarranted government surveillance is an intrusion on basic human rights that threatens the very foundations of a democratic society."

Close. It actually undermines the very foundations of a democratic society, not just threatens them. Without privacy there can be no anonymity. Without anonymity there can be no anonymous speech. Without anonymous speech there can be no free speech, as the Supreme Court pointed out rather eloquently in 1995.

https://www.eff.org/issues/anonymity

If there is one thing that sucks for an inventor it is to see their inventions being turned around from good uses to bad uses.

Nothing like the "father," of the net to come out and tell the "big," kids that they're doing it wrong.

I am strong advocate or privacy, and I think I was too vague with my comment...

Father, as in in Tim from CERN.

Big, as in big brother, the government.

FYI @CERN they do store all your emails indefinitely and do read them without informing you (it is an international organization with its own "laws" and is tax free). And they do use it when manipulating (against) you. They aren't above making use of private (ie. non-CERN) phones either. Tim knows this too.