[Privsec] Re: Tech firms call for US ratification of Convention on Cybercrime [u]

[Robert Guerra [c]]

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Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>




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> From: Valerie Steeves <vsteeves at ROGERS.COM>
> Date: July 5, 2005 11:03:47 AM EDT (CA)
> To: LAWFUL_ACCESS-L at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA
> Subject: Re: [Bulk] Re: Tech firms call for US ratification of  
> Convention on Cybercrime
> Reply-To: lawful_access-l <LAWFUL_ACCESS-L at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA>
>
>
> I was at the ITU meeting and the EU is making a concerted effort to  
> have
> every country ratify the Cybercrime Convention.  The Convention  
> clearly has
> the support of business and many developing countries are willing  
> to sign on
> in order to get access to markets.  Police unsuprisingly took the  
> position
> that data protection was making it impossible to catch the "bad  
> guys" and it
> had to be rolled back significantly.  However, after 3 days a  
> number of
> fault lines appeared, especially in Eastern Europe and southern and  
> western
> Africa and all around human rights issues.  There appears to be a  
> sense that
> developed economies are (1) pushing standards that will constrain  
> political
> development (especially around the expression of dissent) and (2)  
> are wholly
> out of touch with African countries where phone access is still  
> extremely
> limited and Internet access is almost overwhelmingly through  
> Internet cafes.
>
> One of the most interesting developments has to do with the roll  
> out of
> Computer Emergency Response Teams in Africa and South America to  
> deal with
> spammers and denial of service attacks.  The new CERTS are often  
> put in the
> police station or a government office, creating an international  
> capability
> to deal with "criminals" - a word the Cybercrime Convention throws  
> around
> quite easily without any attention to the fact it means  
> "dissidents" in most
> parts of the world.
>
> Cheers,
> Val
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Robert Guerra [c]" <rguerra at LISTS.PRIVATERRA.ORG>
> To: <LAWFUL_ACCESS-L at LISTSERV.UOTTAWA.CA>
> Sent: Wednesday, June 29, 2005 5:22 PM
> Subject: [Bulk] Re: Tech firms call for US ratification of  
> Convention on
> Cybercrime [u]
>
>
>
>> seems to be coinciding with the ITU meeting on cybersecurity that's
>> taking place the next couple of days in Geneva.
>>
>>  http://www.itu.int/osg/spu/cybersecurity/agenda.html.
>>
>> Please note that an audio web-cast of the meeting is available at:
>> www.itu.int/ibs/sg/spu/cybersecurity/index.html
>> Further information on this meeting at: www.itu.int/osg/spu/
>> cybersecurity
>>
>>
>> --
>> Robert Guerra <rguerra at privaterra.org>
>> Managing Director, Privaterra <http://www.privaterra.org>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On 29-Jun-05, at 3:25 PM, Alex Cameron wrote:
>>
>>
>>> from CNET:
>>>
>>> Computer security and software companies are urging the U.S. Senate
>>> to approve the world's first
>>> treaty targeting cybercrime.
>>>
>>> A letter from the groups, including the Business Software Alliance,
>>> VeriSign, InfraGard and the
>>> Cyber Security Industry Alliance, called on senators to ratify the
>>> controversial document, which
>>> was the subject of a brief flurry of attention last year before it
>>> expired without a floor vote.
>>>
>>> http://news.com.com/Tech+firms+call+for+approval+of+cybercrime
>>> +treaty/2100-7348_3-5768462.html?tag=alert
>>>
>>>
>