Re: infosec and human rights

[Mark Carey-Smith <m.careysmith () student qut edu au>]

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> Date: Wed, 19 Apr 2006 17:11:33 GMT
> From: "Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>  

> ...then you're probably not surprised that Reporters sans
> Fronti�res reports this morning that Yahoo! is responsible
> for yet a third jailing:

Yes, it would seem that a little cat and mouse game has been played very well by the Chinese authorities in letting 
cyberdissidents think that anonymity existed with Yahoo! Hong Kong email accounts then nabbing them when the time was 
right. Or maybe it just took them a while to figure it out.

> - ferg
>
> p.s. Aside: Personally, I think DRM is inherently evil.

There's certainly plenty of potential for evil to be performed with the technology. It's definitely worth highlighting 
just how bad things could get.

Thanks for your input.

Cheers,

Mark.

Mark Carey-Smith
PhD Candidate
Faculty of Information Technology
Queensland University of Technology

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