Anonymity as a thing of the past; Net neutrality requires big changes

NetworkWorld.com | Network Management Research Center | Update Your Profile Anonymity as a thing of the past By Scott Bradner As is too often the case, the story's headline was quite misleading. Reading the AP headline "Intel Official: Expect Less Privacy" certainly got my attention, as did the second paragraph of the story: "Privacy no longer can mean anonymity, says Donald Kerr, the principal deputy director of national intelligence. Instead, it should mean that government and businesses properly safeguard people's private communications and financial information." But reading Kerr's actual speech and transcript of the Q&A session that followed it provides a rather different picture. Read full story Bradner is a consultant with Harvard University's University Information Systems. 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