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    I am afraid I would agree with Nick, which does seem to make it
    extremely important to get a very thorough piece submitted.  Short
    deadlines to round this kind of information up globally....<br>
    Stephanie Perrin<br>
    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 2015-01-19 17:15, Nick Ashton-Hart
      wrote:<br>
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      Sadly, though I am not a betting man, I would put money on the
      premise that far from surveillance reform in 2015 we will actually
      find we're fighting a pretty desperate battle for things not to go
      badly wrong the other direction.
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      <div>... and I would very, very much love to be wrong.<br>
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          <div>On 19 Jan 2015, at 23:04, Ian Peter <<a
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              think a response is extremely important, having just read
              this.<br>
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href="http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/obama-announces-new-cyber-war-games-partnership-with-great-britain-20150116">http://www.nationaljournal.com/tech/obama-announces-new-cyber-war-games-partnership-with-great-britain-20150116</a><br>
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              It suggests that Obama may side with UK in trying to
              outlaw strong encryption<br>
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              Ian<br>
              <br>
              From: Carolina Rossini<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
              Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2015 8:25 AM<br>
              To: Joana Varon<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
              Cc: Deborah Brown ;<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a
                moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net">mailto:bestbits@lists.bestbits.net</a><span
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              Subject: Re: [bestbits] Call for Submissions for new UN
              study on use of encryption and anonymity<br>
              <br>
              Do we want to send something as BestBits?<span
                class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
              Folks from the list, any interest for a collective input?<br>
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              On Mon, Jan 19, 2015 at 1:42 PM, Joana Varon <<a
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                href="mailto:joana@varonferraz.com">joana@varonferraz.com</a>>
              wrote:<br>
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               Very important. Thanks for sharing. Will be happy to
              produce inputs from the Brazilian Perspective. If anyone
              from Latam also want to do so, please, ping me and we can
              do something regional.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br>
               best<br>
               jo<br>
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               On 19 January 2015 16:09:48 GMT-02:00, Deborah Brown <<a
                moz-do-not-send="true" href="mailto:deborah@apc.org">deborah@apc.org</a>>
              wrote:<br>
              -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----Hash: SHA512Dear all,In
              case of interest, the new UN Special Rapporteur David Kaye
              is lookingat the use of encryption and anonymity in his
              first report and isencouraging input from civil society.
              The deadline is 10 Feb.Best,<a moz-do-not-send="true"
href="Deborahhttp://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/CallForSubmission.aspx">Deborahhttp://www.ohchr.org/EN/Issues/FreedomOpinion/Pages/CallForSubmission.aspx</a>
                   Special Rapporteur will study the use of encryption
              and anonymityin digital communications in his 2015 HRC
              reportThe Special Rapporteur on the protection and
              promotion of the right tofreedom of opinion and
              expression, David Kaye, is currently preparing areport on
              the legal framework governing the relationship between
              freedomof expression and the use of encryption to secure
              transactions andcommunications, and other technologies to
              transact and communicateanonymously online. This report
              will be presented to the Human RightsCouncil in June,
              2015.To prepare his study, Mr. Kaye is gathering
              information on nationallaws, regulations, policies or
              practices that permit or limit, directlyor indirectly, the
              use of encryption technologies and services or theability
              of individuals to communicate anonymously online. All
              States arebeing asked called to submit information on
              their relevant nationalnorms and policies.Similarly, the
              Special Rapporteur would like to encourage all
              interestednon-governmental stakeholders – including civil
              society, corporateactors, international and regional
              organizations, and national humanrights institutions – to
              provide their views on the appropriate scope ofthe right
              to freedom of expression as applied to encryption
              andanonymity. He would particularly appreciate receiving
              commentsaddressing this matter from legal, state practice,
              or technicalperspectives.Any available information should
              be sent electronically <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:tofreedex@ohchr.org">tofreedex@ohchr.org</a>
              <<a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="mailto:freedex@ohchr.org">mailto:freedex@ohchr.org</a>>,
              *not later than 10February 2015*.-----BEGIN PGP
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