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Cybercrime Treaty to Be Signed

Posted by michael on from the world-government dept.

texchanchan writes: "Yahoo reports that "Interior ministers and law enforcement officials from Europe, South Africa, Canada, the United States and Japan will sign the milestone cyber-crime convention.... [because] computer criminals... have moved on from ``innocent'' hacking to fraud, embezzlement and life-threatening felonies."" Feel the spin in that article, from the anonymous "official". We've posted about this treaty before; read the final draft and note it well, particularly the extradition provisions, mutual assistance (some other country gets your country to tap your phones, and send them the data) and the requirements to disclose passwords.

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  1. Kill them all by alen · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Fry them, gas them or lethal injection. The world will be a better place without hackers and running Windows NT/2000.

  2. Re:It is important to note . . . by wiredog · · Score: 2, Flamebait
    Treaties can alter the Constitution.


    Article VI

    This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.

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  3. Re:Funny... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Thanks Ayn. I'm glad you don't write anymore. Like the gun freak above you, keep off my posts. You libertarian freaks misunderstand my post. I was not posting a nice sensible observation to preach solidarity with Ayn Rand, Ronald Reagan and their ilk. There are some people in the world who think that when a government hurts its people, it's not because it's too big, but because the people don't have enough control over it. I'm one of them.