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Why You Should Hate the Proposed UN Cybercrime Treaty. (www.eff.org)

submitted 3 months ago by ModerateImprovement@sh.itjust.works to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] daniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Just by looking at it I know for them cybercrime is ad-blocking and piracy. Meanwhile phone scams are the most common form of """cyber""" crime and no one bats an eye on them.

[–] Buddahriffic@lemmy.world 9 points 3 months ago

The fact that the phone system hasn't been overhauled to prevent spoofing is a sign of how little anyone actually gives a shit about helping people.

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 4 points 3 months ago

IANAL: It sounds like the EFF recommendation probably wouldn't help prevent it from being used to investigate ad blocking and piracy:

Recommendation: Restrict the definition to "core cybercrimes" like technical attacks on computers, devices, data, and communications systems. Exclude human rights-protected activities from the scope of the treaty to prevent misuse and ensure these rights are not unjustly targeted due to equating cybercrime with any crime using ICT.

Since blocking ads and piracy aren't likely to be directly related to human rights protected activities, and they'll probably stretch the definition of "core cybercrimes" to include those...

[–] Venator@lemmy.nz 1 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Not only that they'll probably start using all sorts of surveillance data that Google and Facebook etc. have for all sort of things that people don't expect e.g. Maybe use GPS data to issue speeding tickets...