Somehow I don't think the US government is actually opposed to this... they're just jealous that the UN thought of it first...
Z On Fri, Dec 7, 2012 at 7:48 PM, Keith Addison <ke...@journeytoforever.org>wrote: > http://www.**informationclearinghouse.info/**article33242.htm<http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article33242.htm> > > The UN Asks for Control Over the World's Internet > > By RT > > December 07, 2012 "RT" - -- Members of the United Nation's International > Telecommunications Union (ITU) have agreed to work towards implementing a > standard for the Internet that would allow for eavesdropping on a worldwide > scale. > > At a conference in Dubai this week, the ITU members decided to adopt the > Y.2770 standard for deep packet inspection, a top-secret proposal by way of > China that will allow telecom companies across the world to more easily dig > through data passed across the Web. > > According to the UN, implementing deep-packet inspection, or DPI, on such > a global scale will allow authorities to more easily detect the > transferring and sharing of copyrighted materials and other protected files > by finding a way for administrators to analyze the payload of online > transmissions, not just the header data that is normally identified and > interpreted. > > "It is standard procedure to route packets based on their headers, after > all it is the part of the packet that contains information on the packet's > intended destination," writes The Inquirer's Lawrence Lati, "but by > inspecting the contents of each packet ISPs, governments and anyone else > can look at sensitive data. While users can mitigate risks by encrypting > data, given enough resources encryption can be foiled." > > Tim Berners-Lee, a British computer scientist widely regarded as the > 'Father of the Internet,' spoke out against proposed DPI implementation on > such a grandiose scale during an address earlier this year at the World > Wide Web Consortium. > > "Somebody clamps a deep packet inspection thing on your cable which reads > every packet and reassembles the web pages, cataloguing them against your > name, address and telephone number either to be given to the government > when they ask for it or to be sold to the highest bidder - that's a really > serious breach of privacy," he said. > > Blogger Arthur Herman writes this week for Fox News online that the goal > of the delegates at the ITU "is to grab control of the World Wide Web away > from the United States, and hand it to a UN body of bureaucrats." > > "It'll be the biggest power grab in the UN's history, as well as a > perversion of its power," he warns. > > The ITU's secretary general, Dr. Hamadoun I. Toure, has dismissed critics > who have called the proposed DPI model invasive, penning an op-ed this week > where he insists his organization's meeting in Dubai poses "no threat to > free speech." > > "It is our chance to chart a globally-agreed roadmap to connect the > unconnected, while ensuring there is investment to create the > infrastructure needed for the exponential growth in voice, video and data > traffic," Dr. Toure claims of the conference, adding that it presents the > UN with "a golden opportunity to provide affordable connectivity for all, > including the billions of people worldwide who cannot yet go online." > > Despite his explanation, though, some nation-states and big-name > businesses remain opposed to the proposal. The ITU's conference this week > has been held behind closed doors, and representatives with online service > providers Google, Facebook and Twitter have been barred from attending. > > In a report published this week by CNet, tech journalist Declan McCullagh > cites a Korean document that describes the confidential Y.2770 standard as > being able to identify "embedded digital watermarks in MP3 data," discover > "copyright protected audio content," find "Jabber messages with Spanish > text," or "identify uploading BitTorrent users." > > On Wednesday, the US House of Representatives unanimously passed a Senate > resolution that asks for the American government to oppose any efforts by > the United Nations to control the Internet. > > © Autonomous Nonprofit Organization "TV-Novosti", 2005-2012. All rights > reserved. > ______________________________**_________________ > Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list > Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.**sustainablelists.org<Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org> > http://lists.eruditium.org/**cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/** > sustainablelorgbiofuel<http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel> > _______________________________________________ Sustainablelorgbiofuel mailing list Sustainablelorgbiofuel@lists.sustainablelists.org http://lists.eruditium.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/sustainablelorgbiofuel
