Small Sister Project launched to fight Big Brother
A Dutch hacker activist and journalist has launched the Small Sister Project, which is designed to help consumers counter the privacy invasions of Big Brother.
Brenno de Winter launched his project on Saturday with the aim of making it easier for people to keep their online communications safe from the prying eyes of governments around the world. A case in point is the European Data Retention Directive that is being adopted by countries in the EU. It requires that ISPs and phone companies retain data for several years.
"The system starts to monitor people and draw inferences out of that and those inferences might hinder you. Like the no-fly list in the U.S.," says de Winter. "You don't know what they do with the information and there's no way to defend yourself."
