When the Internet was built there was an expectation of anonymity. But anonymity and privacy are not quite the same. And in fact, the Internet is not anonymous

When the Internet was built there was an expectation of anonymity. But anonymity and privacy are not quite the same. And in fact, the Internet is not anonymous or private, as there are multiple ways to track and surveil members of the general public. IMO the next step in the Internet's evolution needs to be the authenticated internet. An Authenticated Internet pretty much removes all the security issues, since every connection is authenticated. And authentication doesn't necessarily mean you're not anonymous. Right now the Internet has become the worst of both worlds - not private, not anonymous, and all the problems associated with that (insecure, spoonable, etc). That's what the EFF has wrong: the Internet is already a backdoor to surveillance. They're trying to stick their finger in the dyke. But what needs to happen is to rebuild the whole thing.