--- F R E N D Z of martian --- Apparently it isn't just Britain that are at it. But then, it isn't about borders any more. It's about bankers. As far as I can see, the governments of the world are just managers for the global banking 'conspiracy'. Although the CIA just appears to be a dissident cell working on its own... -- Martin Cosgrave Appdev Ltd - http://appdev.co.uk 0117 902 3143 ----- Original Message ----- From: Niels Provos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, May 03, 2000 3:59 PM Subject: GeeK: Declan McCullagh: Planned Net-treaty limits privacy, may compel key disclosure > Weeh. This is awful. > > ------- Forwarded Message > Date: Wed, 03 May 2000 09:09:43 -0400 > From: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Planned Net-treaty limits privacy, may compel key disclosure > > The document: > http://www.politechbot.com/docs/treaty.html > > > http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,36047,00.html > > Cyber-treaty Goes Too Far? > by Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > > 3:00 a.m. May. 3, 2000 PDT > WASHINGTON -- U.S. and European police agencies will receive new > powers to investigate and prosecute computer crimes, according to a > preliminary draft of a treaty being circulated among over 40 nations. > > The Council of Europe's 65KB proposal is designed to aid police in > investigations of online miscreants in cases where attacks or > intrusions cross national borders. > > But the details of the "Draft Convention on Cybercrime" worry U.S. > civil libertarians. They warn that the plan would violate longstanding > privacy rights and grant the government far too much power. > > The proposal, which is expected to be finalized by December 2000 and > appears to be the first computer crime treaty, would: > > * Make it a crime to create, download, or post on a website any > computer program that is "designed or adapted" primarily to gain > access to a computer system without permission. Also banned is > software designed to interfere with the "functioning of a computer > system" by deleting or altering data. > > * Allow authorities to order someone to reveal his or her passphrase > for an encryption key. According to a recent survey, only Singapore > and Malaysia have enacted such a requirement into law, and experts say > that in the United States it could run afoul of constitutional > protections against self-incrimination. > > * Internationalize a U.S. law that makes it a crime to possess even > digital images that "appear" to represent children's genitals or > children engaged in sexual conduct. Linking to such a site also would > be a crime. > > * Require websites and Internet providers to collect information about > their users, a rule that would potentially limit anonymous remailers. > > [...] > > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology > To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html > This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ > - ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- > > > > > > ------- End of Forwarded Message > > > -- Sent to you via the frendz list at marsbard.com The archive is at http://www.mail-archive.com/frendz@marsbard.com/
