Dear Sam, Though I agree with your intention, I disagree that there is commonly shared definition even of Cyber-crime.
Why? Looking strictly at criminal-codes in different countries, there are Internet-based activities which are protected by the Constitution in one country, and are criminal offenses in others. And these striking differences exist even between countries which are commonly believed to share the same values. A tiny example: using the swastika (the Nazi-symbol) on a website is a criminal offense in Germany but protected by the First Amendment in the United States. Another more technical example: using any type of encryption in email, chat or the Web was at least - I don't know whether it still is - a criminal offense in France, but is a recommended practice in the US for doing business. Corollary: whenever "content" becomes important there is no common minimal standard of law (as there is no consensus about the limits of freedom of opinion and freedom of information). Suggestion: limit the discussion - beyond commercial relations, which was the previous topic - to subjects like hacking, cracking, sabotage and similar acts - all non-content related - where there appears to be a minimal consensus as to what constitutes a criminal offense and what doesn't. Yours truly, Cornelio On Tuesday, October 5, 2004, Sam Lanfranco <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > We all have a pretty good notion of what is meant by "cyber-crime". We > may disagree on the scope of the definition but we do have a common feel > for its domain. I suspect that we all do not have a good, or common, > notion of what is meant by "cyber-terrorism". We do agree that what fits > our definition is by its very nature bad, but that does not mean we > agree as to what it is. > > We risk confusion if we combine "cyber-terrorism" with "cyber-crime" in > the same analysis. I would suggest that the two streams of concerns be > treated seperately, even though in some cases the same organizations and > same tools are used to pursue the culprits. Terrorism may be a crime, > but as generally understood "cyber-crime" tends toward economic crimes > and/or the crimes of libel and slander. Cyber-terrorism is something > else. ..snip... ------------ This DOT-COM Discussion is funded by the dot-ORG USAID Cooperative Agreement, and hosted by GKD. http://www.dot-com-alliance.org provides more information. To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe gkd OR type: unsubscribe gkd For the GKD database, with past messages: http://www.GKDknowledge.org
