Inventor of world wide web no not Al Gore criticises NSA over privacy breaches
Sir Tim Berners-Lee says NSA has weakened online security
The inventor of the world wide web has criticised America’s National Security Agency and its British counterpart GCHQ for weakening online security by breaking the encryptions that guard data privacy for millions of computer users around the world.
Sir Tim Berners-Lee called for a “full and frank public debate” over internet surveillance, warning that cracking encryption software was foolish and would be exploited by cybercriminals.
“We need powerful agencies to combat criminal activity online – but any powerful agency needs checks and balances and, based on recent revelations, it seems the current system of checks and balances has failed,” he told the Guardian.
“In a totalitarian state where it reckoned it was the only strong state in the world, I can imagine that being a reasonable plan. But in this situation, internet security is hard. It’s naïve to imagine that if you introduce a weakness into a system you will be the only one to use it.”
Republicans will never win the White House again…..unless Al Gore decides to run on the Democratic ticket.