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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 This analysis is probably the best so far - it might be a little out of date since the treaty has been revised once or twice since it was written, but the basics are still the same.
One of the reactions to 9-11, and I'm not totally surprised. But this is just great (sarchasim sets in)! I wonder how much politics are going to be thrown at this, and we just have another McDade Act in our lap (loose connection, of course, but you know where I'm going...A good idea that just won't work out). If you don't know what the McDade acts are, here it is in a nutshell- No undercover officer (FBI, Sheriff, CIA, etc...) can't ever lie when they are undercover (Bill Clinton idea...).
I hope that the governments won't abuse the new tool that they have in their arsenal against terrorism, but if they do, it will be our duity to bring it to their attention.