[privacy] At What Cost? West is Taking Fight Against Terrorism Online

["Paul Ferguson" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Via The International Herald Tribune.

[snip]

In the name of counterterrorism, Western countries are moving to erect
online security borders with aggressive proposals to block Web sites and to
unleash Trojan e-mails containing spyware that would monitor jihadists.

Critics warn that the security measures could lead to censorship and
privacy invasion, but governments are pressing for legislation aimed at
thwarting attacks and walling off Web sites that espouse illegal activities
or are "likely to have the effect of facilitating" crime.

In early November, Franco Frattini, the EU justice commissioner, will
introduce a package of anti-terrorism proposals that includes the
development of technology to block Internet sites offering bomb-making
recipes and to make online recruiting of terrorists a punishable offense.

Countries are already moving individually to acquire tools that would give
them the ability to reach beyond national borders. In Germany, where the
authorities recently foiled a planned terrorist attack, Interior Minister
Wolfgang Schäuble is seeking powers to spy virtually, using e-mails that
could infect recipients' computers with spy software.

[snip]

More:
http://www.iht.com/articles/2007/09/30/business/net01.php

- - ferg

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