WASHINGTON, D.C. March 27 (DPI) — The Internet is “a Surveillance State” and, given the inaction of government and the net’s advanced structure, it’s likely to stay that way for years to come. For all intents and purposes, privacy is dead.

So says Bruce Schneier, a veteran internet security expert, who recently posted a report highlighting the many examples of constant surveillance and data-accumulation of any user of the internet.

“Whether we admit it to ourselves or not,” Schneier wrote, “we’re being tracked all the time. Google tracks us, both on its pages and on other pages it has access to. Facebook does the same; it even tracks non-Facebook users. Apple tracks us on our iPhones and iPads. One reporter used a tool called Collusion to track who was tracking him; 105 companies tracked his Internet use during one 36-hour period.

“Maintaining privacy on the Internet is nearly impossible. If you forget even once to enable your protections, or click on the wrong link, or type the wrong thing, and you’ve permanently attached your name to whatever anonymous service you’re using.”

The full report:

http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2013/03/our_internet_su.html