[governance] Concerns about hidden cameras in Azerbaijan hotel rooms

[Katy P]

This report seems to imply that the hotels, probably for liability reasons,
say that they think that they're doing their best.

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.
On May 17, 2012 1:16 PM, "shaila mistry" <shailam at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Hi All
> 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.
> 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!
> Shaila
>
> *The journey begins sooner than you anticipate !*
> *..................... the renaissance of composure !
> *
>
>   ------------------------------
> *From:* Milton L Mueller <mueller at syr.edu>
> *To:* "governance at lists.igcaucus.org" <governance at lists.igcaucus.org>;
> Avri Doria <avri at acm.org>
> *Sent:* Thursday, May 17, 2012 7:16 AM
> *Subject:* RE: [governance] Concerns about hidden cameras in Azerbaijan
> hotel rooms
>
> 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.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Seriously my point was that us being surveyed in a Azerbaijani hotel,
> > was not the important point. Rather the conditions people living in
> > Azerbaijan is the important issue, not that some one might watch us or
> > might make a sex video of our activities.
> >
> > avri
> >
>
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