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1 edit | International CyberCrime Treaty
said by ZDNet Security:
Computer security and software companies are urging the U.S. Senate to approve the world's first treaty targeting cybercrime.
»news.zdnet.com/Tech+firms+call+f···ubj=zdnn
Here's the scary party of the treaty:
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Another section requires participating nations to outlaw the act of "making available" on the Internet any type of hardware or software that is designed for the purposes of committing a long list of computer crimes including "illegal interception" or "data interference." In some cases, even the mere possession of such hardware or software must be criminalized.
In other words, we may have safety eventually, but at the price of freedom. And we may lose the ability to defend ourselves - get rid of NMap for instance.
And, as usual, the US is behind the times.
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So far, the treaty has been ratified by 11 nations, including Denmark, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria.
»dw.com.com/redir?destUrl=http%3A···op=nl.ex
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Chuck
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