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Tim Berners-Lee Attacks DPI, Calls it Electronic Equivalent of Opening People's Mail

Tim Berners-Lee Attacks DPI, Calls it Electronic Equivalent of Opening People's Mail

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.

"This is very important to me, as what is at stake is the integrity of the internet as a communications medium," Berners-Lee said on Wednesday. "Clearly we must not interfere with the internet, and we must not snoop on the internet. If we snoop on clicks and data, we can find out a lot more information about people than if we listen to their conversations."

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