Kaspersky Calls For 'Internet Interpol'

angry tapir writes "With cybercrime now the second largest criminal activity in the world, measures such as the creation of an 'Internet Interpol' and better cooperation between international law enforcement agencies are needed if criminals are to be curtailed in the future, Kaspersky Labs founder and security expert Eugene Kaspersky has argued. He said, 'We were talking about that 10 years ago and almost nothing has happened. Sooner or later we will have one. I am also talking about Internet passports and having an online ID. Some countries are introducing this idea, so maybe in 15 years we will all have it.'"

Comments

Internet passports???

[gstoddart]

Wow, I'm afraid I have to conclude this guys is possibly a little too full of himself.

If we ever get anywhere near a "single secure cyberspace", we're pretty much all screwed.

Governments will use this to stifle your privacy, your rights, and every other thing they can think of. They'll make sure they monitor everything you do, and ensure you don't do anything they don't approve of.

Anybody who thinks the solution to cybercrime is to more or less lock down the internet like this ... well, I think they deserve a series of well placed kicks to the groin. I can only see this as more or less fascism -- though I'm sure I'll be accused of hyperbole.

Re:this could all be moot

[AdamThor]

I really want a button ... that brings up a full trace to the person who initiated the message...

You and Gaddafi both.

Re:joy.

[flaming error]

>Then make it illegal
Yeah. We could even add a constitutional amendment! Something like:

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

Then all we'll need is to figure out who will enforce this fine law.

Re:No, thank you.

[NeutronCowboy]

Nothing will happen because, for all its flaws, we designed the internet to survive government attempts to control it.

But we didn't design it to survive corporate attempts to control it. And that's where it will fall apart.