[governance] FW: [MobileActive Discuss] Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy- Bloomberg

[Dr. Alejandro Pisanty Baruch]

Pranesh,

"appropriate" is the word, right? (and a most elusive target.)

Cheers. 


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Desde: governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org [governance-request at lists.igcaucus.org] en nombre de Pranesh Prakash [pranesh at cis-india.org]
Enviado el: sábado, 17 de noviembre de 2012 15:17
Hasta: governance at lists.igcaucus.org; michael gurstein
Asunto: Re: [governance] FW: [MobileActive Discuss] Why Cell Phones Went Dead After Hurricane Sandy- Bloomberg

michael gurstein [2012-11-17 19:30]:
> Who can we rely on to act in support of the (global) public interest--IBM,
> Google, Facebook, AT&T, the USG, "the market"..?

In India we face the opposite problem of that described by Susan
Crawford.  Through the ISP Licence, the UAS Licence, the Telecom
licence, the government has armed itself with powers against the ISPs
and telecom companies that it does not have under any law.

For instance, there is a stricture in those licences against "bulk
encryption" of more than 40bits without key escrow, despite the
government requiring 128 bit encryption by all banks in another law.
There is a requirement of having a black box room on their premises with
access to all communications, though blanket surveillance (under some
readings of Indian law and the judicial interpretation of the right to
privacy as a fundamental right) is not permissible.  Importantly, if it
doesn't harm their bottom line, these companies have no incentive to not
cooperate.

While we should avoid moving to a state of 'no regulation' (competition
law, consumer law, etc., should apply), in many countries, especially
LDCs and developing countries, we are on the opposite side of the
spectrum.  Please spare a thought for developing countries too ;)

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Pranesh Prakash
Policy Director
Centre for Internet and Society
T: +91 80 40926283 | W: http://cis-india.org
PGP ID: 0x1D5C5F07 | Twitter: @pranesh_prakash


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