Happy 20th Birthday to WWW!
Posted on March 13th, 2009 by MichaelSir Tim Berners-Lee, the creator of the world wide web, in his address to the British Parliament 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.
Today is the WORLD WIDE WEB’s 20th birthday. It’s been an amazing journey in only 20 years.
The internet has been around in various forms for 50 years but WWW was invented by a CERN scientist, Tim Berners-Lee, in 1989. Now Sir Timothy, he speaks out against collection of users’ data by commercial companies
“People use the web in a crisis, when wondering whether they have a sexually transmitted disease, or cancer, when wondering if they are homosexual and whether to talk about it … to discuss political views.”
He said people “use the internet to inform ourselves as voters in a democracy”, adding: “We use the internet to decide what is true and what is not.
“We use the internet for healthcare and social interaction.”
He said people would consider using the web in a crisis in a different light if they knew they were being monitored and the data would be shared with a third party such as an advertising company.
March 20th, 2009 at 2:26 pm
we can develop a software to prevent people snoop our privacy.
March 18th, 2009 at 2:46 pm
infomation is power, more infomation gives power to the informed over the uninformed.check out infomation your self gives you power of knowledge cvs2bvs.
March 17th, 2009 at 3:23 pm
I am strong & I am able to say no to advertisers trying to sell to me. I trust & follow my own inner direction.
March 14th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
Reluctantly….
I’ve been on the Internet since it started in Australia.
Resident in Queensland and I had to dial Sydney and pay by the hour, but I was keen. Still am keen but have to go quietly.
Take, from the, I’ll call it Information available, but being a thinker don’t give too much. To leave a comment on a recent (undefined) topic would make me fearful of a meme based reprisal that at my age I’m not inviting. And the sad, sad side of the argument is that it could come from either side. So the filter, which I have and modify on a regular basis, comes into play.
With the overload of ridiculous rubbish that is presented daily, if you don’t design a personal, value based filter for yourself you’re in trouble. “Trust and believe me” (or I’ve got to kill you). “Buy this and take forever to pay for it”. “Take this and never have to do that ? again”.
Back off. I mean You. Become a thinker, or you, and yours, are potential victims. Careful !!!