In case anyone is still wondering why the U.S. should retain control over standards on the Internet, this is why.
Applebaum is right, of course, no professional black hat would get caught by such measures. But plenty of ordinary people would get jailed in places like China and Russia for daring to oppose repressive regimes. On Fri, Sep 12, 2008 at 8:08 AM, Ian wrote: > http://news.cnet.com/8301-13578_3-10040152-38.html?tag=newsLeadStoriesArea.0 > > > U.N. agency eyes curbs on Internet anonymity > > > A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, > proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the > original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the > ability of users to remain anonymous. <more/> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:269028 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
