Date: Thu, 13 Sep 2001 13:16:35 -0400
To: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
From: Matthew Gaylor <freematt@coil.com>
Subject: Striking a Balance between Cyber-Crime Prevention and Privacy
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Date:  Thu, 13 Sep 2001 19:12:59 +0200
From: Axel H Horns <horns@T-ONLINE.DE>
Subject:      [FYI] Striking a Balance between Cyber-Crime Prevention 
and Privacy


<http://www.jrc.es/pages/iptsreport/vol57/english/ICT1E576.htm>

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Striking a Balance between Cyber-Crime Prevention and Privacy

Many law enforcement authorities are concerned about the use
criminals could make of communications and data security mechanisms,
but attempts to weaken the level of protection available to citizens
in the name of crime detection could well be counter-productive.

Andreas Pfitzmann, Dresden University of Technology, and
Marit Köhntopp, Independent Centre for Privacy Protection

Issue: A balance between cyber-crime prevention and the desire to
ensure privacy is urgently needs to be struck. However, it is unclear
to what extent this is possible using either the ICTs (Information
and Communications Technology) available today or likely to become
available in the near future.

Relevance: Privacy is a concern both for individuals and for
democratic society as a whole. If people feel they are being spied
upon, they will tend not to express themselves freely or act
according to their own interests. As well as privacy, security is
also a basic need for human beings. In a world where cyber-crime is
becoming more prominent and its effects are increasingly serious, it
is important to look for ways that prevent cyber-crime as far as
possible without undermining the concept of privacy and security.

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