[governance] FYI - Obama/Rouseff joint statement

[Suresh Ramasubramanian]

Wouldn't you say that safety and security online as well as offline is a fundamental human right?  

Being phished and having your bank account emptied, your personal data misused etc is, while bloodless, far more damaging than being mugged and relieved of your purse and phone on a street.  

For several activist groups, the threat of any number of government and/or other interests hacking into their communications remains a key concern.

Speaking as someone who has worked in security for over fifteen years it is a fascinating field where there is a fine balance constantly struck between security and privacy.

So I would not cite any emphasis on cyber security as harmful or bad on the face of it

--srs

> On 03-Jul-2015, at 8:04 am, Stephanie Perrin <stephanie.perrin at mail.utoronto.ca> wrote:
> 
> But I note that it does not appear anywhere near the important material on trade agreements, nor does it leaven the emphasis on cybersecurity we see below. 

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