Cybercrime Treaty Signed

lam0r writes: "I can't find a newslink for this, but CNN had on their news ticker that 37 nations, including the United States, had signed a treaty designed to make tracking and prosecuting 'hackers' easier and more efficient. What exactly is defined as 'hacker' is something I haven't been able to find out. ... Why was the public not made aware of this until it was done? Anyone know more about this item than me?" This is the Cybercrime Treaty, which was signed today by 30 nations and which we have posted about before. This analysis is probably the best so far - it might be a little out of date since the treaty has been revised once or twice since it was written, but the basics are still the same.

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A Topical Essay

[goingware]

Is This the America I Love?.

I loved America for what it stood for.

I was told that things like political persecution, detainment without trial, and beating of prisoners were things that happened in other countries, that they would never happen in America. I was told that we fought the American Revolution and wrote the Constitution specifically to ensure such things would never again happen in America.

Re:Wow. Now that is blatant.

[AntiNorm]

who take ALL OF THE OTHER COMMENTS SERIOUSLY and go off like idiot kneejerk monkees...

I specifically said that I wasn't taking the comment seriously. In fact, in case you didn't read my comment, I *explicitly* stated that I knew it was sarcasm. And now *you're* the one talking about kneejerk monkees? (What do the Monkees have to do with this anyway...)