recently drafted bill on government communications in the UK has sparked a storm criticism from a variety of influential sources, including Sir Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the World Wide Web.
Bill, which critics have dubbed "Charter snooper one, contains proposals that will force Internet service providers (ISPs) to keep details of all website visits, creating a data profile for each user in a database of the government. This database can then be accessed by authorities seeking to profile individuals suspected of crimes, and could pinpoint their location at any given time.
While it is easy to see the value in these proposals, such as making it easier to catch and prosecute cyber criminals, it drew criticism from ISPs who warn that apart from the that it might not even be technically feasible, a database containing the information could threaten national security if hacked online.
additional critical of government proposals came from Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales, who in their testimony to the Joint Committee on the Draft Law on Data Communications, said that the proposed measures threw fundamental questions about human rights and privacy. Wales commented that "it does not sound like something a civilized democracy wants to be involved."
Mr. Wales also informed members that if these measures never came, Wikipedia would make the transition to encrypt its connections with Britain, to prevent anyone from seeing what users have been using the website.
while the plans of the Government of the United Kingdom took the title for the moment, the question of listening 'your Internet traffic from snoops and threatening online security is as old as the Internet itself. Web users worldwide are leaving their internet connections vulnerable to "packet sniffers external, despite the existence of available simple and effective methods of tightening safety online, as a VPN connection.
If you are concerned about others being able to listen to your Internet traffic, then there is no need to wait for Wikipedia to encrypt their connections - anonymous browsing via a VPN connection will ensure that all your web traffic is encrypted and kept safe from prying eyes, whether they are based-government, or with more nefarious intentions.
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