( This article was translated for Megachip )
of "Russia Today"
The personal computer could become a little private in the future, thanks to laws proposed by the United States and some European government. These measures, in fact, allow the state to access the contents of your hard disk.
The Obama Administration maintains an unusual level of secrecy on the details of this initiative, and this fuels the concerns of computer users and activists for civil rights.
now, almost all are in possession of an MP3 player and a laptop. But what would happen if the government, without any specific reason, you concedesse the power to access it?
The Obama administration, with an almost absolute confidentiality, is finishing an international treaty on copyright along with other European nations. Thanks
ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), governments will benefit from new, extended powers for what concerns the search and seizure of materials deemed in violation of copyright.
While the Obama label these secret plans with the label of "national security", Richard Stallman, a prominent activist for the freedom of information, calls them a "war sharing. "
"As if we knew them, we do not like you are engaged in a process of recycling legislation '" says Stillman. "So is bypassing democracy and they can do what they want. I imagine that the new legislation will be terrible, because if not, would not need to act so cautiously. "
So far, issues of copyright are in civil justice. Obama wants to make it a criminal violation.
And, although the most recent statistics confirm that on the average MP3 player of every teenager has more than 800 songs downloaded illegally, it is difficult to understand the problem in terms of "national security".
It is believed that one of the objectives of the Treaty is the peer-to-peer, ie one in which a user navigates the software to another user. But which direction will these new rules will be to let us keep an eye on Big Brother, this time to a completely different level.
Rumors from our sources tell us, for example, that the Border Patrol will have unprecedented powers to search without a warrant, and exciting.
They can browse, copy and seize any material digital laptop in public. Music, movies, games, as well as personal data.
For some, il computer ed i suoi contenuti sono paragonabili ad un cassetto della biancheria e sono convinti che il governo non dovrebbe metterci le zampe. O, almeno, dovrebbe avere un buon motivo per farlo.
Altri commentatori aggiungono che il processo di creazione di questa nuova legge va contro tutto ciò per cui Obama si è candidato alla presidenza, specialmente la trasparenza.
È anche stato sottolineato che le nazioni impegnate in questo trattato non includono importanti attori internazionali, come la Cina, la Russia ed il Brasile.
Articolo originale : http://www.russiatoday.com/Sci_Tech/2009-03-26/A_not-so-private_PC.html
of "Russia Today"
The personal computer could become a little private in the future, thanks to laws proposed by the United States and some European government. These measures, in fact, allow the state to access the contents of your hard disk.
The Obama Administration maintains an unusual level of secrecy on the details of this initiative, and this fuels the concerns of computer users and activists for civil rights.
now, almost all are in possession of an MP3 player and a laptop. But what would happen if the government, without any specific reason, you concedesse the power to access it?
The Obama administration, with an almost absolute confidentiality, is finishing an international treaty on copyright along with other European nations. Thanks
ACTA (Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement), governments will benefit from new, extended powers for what concerns the search and seizure of materials deemed in violation of copyright.
While the Obama label these secret plans with the label of "national security", Richard Stallman, a prominent activist for the freedom of information, calls them a "war sharing. "
"As if we knew them, we do not like you are engaged in a process of recycling legislation '" says Stillman. "So is bypassing democracy and they can do what they want. I imagine that the new legislation will be terrible, because if not, would not need to act so cautiously. "
So far, issues of copyright are in civil justice. Obama wants to make it a criminal violation.
And, although the most recent statistics confirm that on the average MP3 player of every teenager has more than 800 songs downloaded illegally, it is difficult to understand the problem in terms of "national security".
It is believed that one of the objectives of the Treaty is the peer-to-peer, ie one in which a user navigates the software to another user. But which direction will these new rules will be to let us keep an eye on Big Brother, this time to a completely different level.
Rumors from our sources tell us, for example, that the Border Patrol will have unprecedented powers to search without a warrant, and exciting.
They can browse, copy and seize any material digital laptop in public. Music, movies, games, as well as personal data.
For some, il computer ed i suoi contenuti sono paragonabili ad un cassetto della biancheria e sono convinti che il governo non dovrebbe metterci le zampe. O, almeno, dovrebbe avere un buon motivo per farlo.
Altri commentatori aggiungono che il processo di creazione di questa nuova legge va contro tutto ciò per cui Obama si è candidato alla presidenza, specialmente la trasparenza.
È anche stato sottolineato che le nazioni impegnate in questo trattato non includono importanti attori internazionali, come la Cina, la Russia ed il Brasile.
Articolo originale : http://www.russiatoday.com/Sci_Tech/2009-03-26/A_not-so-private_PC.html
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