Web inventor Berners-Lee warns forces are 'trying to take control'

The Telegraph ^ | 6/8/2013 | James Hurley

[Shady]

Butbutbutbutbutbut I thought AlGore invented the Internet?

[Diogenesis]

[ClearCase_guy]

Truly anonymous, reliable digital money is the key. Somethign beyond Bitcoin. If companies could pay employees with no trace, if consumers could purchase things with no trace, then governments would starve.

How much did you earn last year? "Not a darn penny: prove otherwise."
Well, we will use a sales tax and get revenue that way. "Fine, but I didn't buy a darn thing either: prove otherwise."

The technology has to be possible, and when it gets here it will change everything.

[Dr. Ursus]

So,Sir Tim thought he was giving the knowledge of the universe to the rabble. Instead,he gave the government
total control of our lives,while men were surfing for porn
and women were shopping for handbags and shoes!

[Iron Munro]

[GOPJ]

“If you can control [the internet], if you can start tweaking what people say, or intercepting communications, it's very, very powerful...it's the sort of power that if you give it to a corrupt government, you give them the ability to stay in power forever.”

Our tech people have one chance to create back doors... one time. That time is now.

[Black Agnes]

The ability track and control us is the reason government powers developed the internet as a civilian app to begin with.

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks markomalley. From the FRchives:

hillary internet control site:freerepublic.com

Google

[Lake Living]

“And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast or the number representing his name.” Rev. 13:17 The beast empire is being built right before your very eyes.

[GOPJ]

Originally it was to assist with research between Universities etc...

But now - a horror:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hfS2Op9l3nk

[UCANSEE2]

“And no one could buy or sell anything without that mark, which was either the name of the beast(the URL) or the number representing his name (the IP ADDRESS).”

[I Shall Endure]

In some jurisdictions it’s already a crime to live with no visible means of support....

[TexasFreeper2009]

all governments are corrupt, because they are run by flawed humans with biases, which is why the power of government should always be limited to the minimum necessary to maintain order.

[Excellence]

That actually makes sense. Even our phones have their own IP address.

[fso301]

The technology has to be possible, and when it gets here it will change everything.

Someone will have knowledge of how the system works and government(s) will have the means of quickly accessing such information.

[Carry_Okie]

I remember back in the days of 14Kbit dial-up only on AOL, my computer was crashing and operating WebCrawler in a VERY primitive state. In the corner of the page where the "www" should have been was "666."

Very spooky.

[Gaffer]

Sure, researchers and scientists using government ARPA funding actually ‘invented’ the internet. But, the igniting expansion of the internet HTML protocol was the foundation upon which the prime force that drove its expansion was....wait for it....wait for it....PORN.

[Starboard]

Butbutbutbutbutbut I thought AlGore invented the Internet?
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No wonder Al was so upset this week. He’s mad that others want to take over his invention. LOL

[Starboard]

Originally it was to assist with research between Universities etc...
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Talk about your slipperly slope!