<p>This report seems to imply that the hotels, probably for liability reasons, say that they think that they're doing their best.</p>
<p>But in reality, if the security or maintainence people can be bribed (and certainly they can), there is nothing any organization can do to stop it.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On May 17, 2012 1:16 PM, "shaila mistry" <<a href="mailto:shailam@yahoo.com">shailam@yahoo.com</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
<div><div style="font-size:10pt;font-family:arial,helvetica,sans-serif"><div><span>Hi All</span></div><div><span>Notwithstanding speculation that some IGF attendees are having a more interesting time than others, we should be concerned that hotel rooms may have hidden cameras.</span></div>
<div><span>We do need to have IGF powers that be, look into it and ensure that this is not the case. This may be off putting to potential attendees!<br></span></div><div><span>Shaila </span></div><div> </div><div><span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;border-collapse:separate;text-transform:none;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;font-family:Helvetica;word-spacing:0px"><span style="text-indent:0px;letter-spacing:normal;font-variant:normal;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:normal;border-collapse:separate;text-transform:none;font-size:medium;white-space:normal;font-family:Helvetica;word-spacing:0px"></span></span><span style="font-family:garamond,new york,times,serif"></span></div>
<div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:purple">The journey begins sooner than you anticipate !</span></b></div><div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:left"><b><span style="font-size:10pt;color:purple">..................... the renaissance of composure !<br>
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<b><span style="font-weight:bold">From:</span></b> Milton L Mueller <<a href="mailto:mueller@syr.edu" target="_blank">mueller@syr.edu</a>><br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">To:</span></b> "<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>" <<a href="mailto:governance@lists.igcaucus.org" target="_blank">governance@lists.igcaucus.org</a>>; Avri Doria <<a href="mailto:avri@acm.org" target="_blank">avri@acm.org</a>> <br>
<b><span style="font-weight:bold">Sent:</span></b> Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:16 AM<br> <b><span style="font-weight:bold">Subject:</span></b> RE: [governance] Concerns about hidden cameras in
Azerbaijan hotel rooms<br> </font> </div> <br>
Avri, Robert is right. You are really missing the point. The point is not that they would make videos of run of the mill IGF attendees such as you and me for fun. Rather, the hotel-room cameras a) show that hotel operators may be tools of the state surveillance apparatus; b) the sex tapes are used to embarrass/blackmail journalists and politicians who might criticize or oppose the government. That DOES affect the "conditions of people living in Azerbaijan." You might try reading the press release that Robert distributed and not just the headline.<br>
<br>> -----Original Message-----<br>> Seriously my point was that us being surveyed in a Azerbaijani hotel,<br>> was not the important point. Rather the conditions people living in<br>> Azerbaijan is the important issue, not that some one might watch us or<br>
> might make a sex video of our activities.<br>> <br>> avri<br>>
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