[governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet treaty

[Roland Perry]

In message <E1Tk2HJ-000067-31 at frodo.hserus.net>, at 06:10:25 on Sun, 16 
Dec 2012, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> writes
>Well.. If you can come up with a practical set of suggestions to
>regulate the sale of network security and pen testing gear I am all
>ears

To the general public?

>----- Reply message -----
>From: "Roland Perry" <roland at internetpolicyagency.com>
>To: <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>, "Suresh Ramasubramanian"
><suresh at hserus.net>
>Subject: [governance] [] US, UK and Canada refuse to sign UN's internet
>treaty
>Date: Sat, Dec 15, 2012 11:42 PM
>
>
>In message <E1TjtrJ-00059u-9T at frodo.hserus.net>, at 21:11:01 on Sat, 15
>Dec 2012, Suresh Ramasubramanian <suresh at hserus.net> writes
>>The problem of course is that a lot of the lock picking tools in the
>>online world tend to be open source, and regulating the sale of lots
>of
>>these is a non starter when it comes to the sheer burden of compliance
>
>And you can buy guns and ammunition in Kmart. The excuse seems to be
>"so
>you can overthrow the government it that becomes necessary", although I
>note that threatening the President's life is also an offence.

-- 
Roland Perry

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