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Kina påstås förbjuda utländska företag att kryptera och att använda VPN

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The Gatestone Institute rapporterar:

On December 1, Beijing implemented the Multi-Level Protection Scheme 2.0, issued pursuant to the 2016 Cybersecurity Law. On January 1, China’s Cryptography Law becomes effective.

These measures prohibit foreign companies from encrypting data so that it cannot be read by the Chinese central government and the Communist Party of China. Businesses will be required to turn over encryption keys. Companies will not be able to employ virtual private networks to keep data secret, and some believe they will no longer be allowed to use private servers.

Together, these measures allow Beijing to take all the data and communications of foreign companies.

Vilket är en nyhet som borde få larmklockorna att ringa hos alla utländska bolag som har verksamhet i Kina.

(Detta med reservation för att nyheten än så länge bara har en källa och ännu inte rapporterats i mer etablerade medier.)

Länk: The Big Hole in the China Trade Agreement »

Tillgång till Moskvas övervakningskameror säljs på svarta marknaden

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Nu är detta i och för sig Ryssland, som är en smula extremt. Men läckande system och korruption finns i alla länder.

»Researchers at MBKh Media — an investigative media outlet run by Kremlin opponent and former oil tycoon Mikhail Khodorkovsky — found that live access to any one of Moscow’s public surveillance cameras, which come with full footage from the past five days, is being offered on internet forums for just tens of dollars.

Unlimited live access to the entire network was on sale for 30,000 rubles ($470), MBKh Media said.

The investigators also gained access to Moscow’s network of 3,000 facial recognition cameras, courtesy of black market sellers.«

Läs mer » For Sale: Access to Moscow’s CCTV Network on Black Market »

Tysklands samarbete med NSA till konstitutionsdomstolen i Karlsruhe

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Reportrar utan gränser skriver:

Should the BND be allowed to spy on the telephone calls of foreign nationals in third countries and analyse their internet data – thus in effect abolishing the private sphere of billions of people – as the German government has authorised it to do? How can particularly vulnerable groups such as journalists be protected from this mass surveillance? These questions, which are being discussed all over the world at the very latest since the revelations by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden, will now be debated before the Constitutional Court in Karlsruhe.

Enkelt uttryckt: Skall det vara OK för tyska den djupa staten (BND) att vara en del av den amerikanska djupa statens (NSA) system för global massövervakning?

Detta kan bli väldigt intressant.

RSF: German Constitutional Court hearing on journalists’ and RSF’s complaint against the BND law »

Sämsta möjliga utfall när Frankrike inför EU:s uppladdningsfilter

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Den före detta ledamoten i Europaparlamentet, tyska piratpartisten Julia Reda skriver en bloggpost om vad som händer när Frankrike (först av alla medlemsstater) gör lag av EU:s nya upphovsrättsdirektiv – och då speciellt artikel 17 (13).

»The French draft law confirms the worst fears of the EU copyright directive’s critics. The strictest version of the upload filter provision is proposed, while any safeguards that have been introduced to respond to the huge public protests are simply ignored. It’s hard to imagine that such a selective implementation of an EU directive would be accepted by the courts, but before it could come to a lawsuit, a lot of damage would already be done. Smaller countries often tend to copy the national implementations of EU law proposed by the larger countries, so there is a significant danger that France could set the standard for copyright enforcement in the entire EU. The European Commission should remind the French government of its obligation to implement the entire directive, not just the part that benefit large entertainment companies. With a French Commissioner in charge of copyright issues in the new European Commission, however, that is unlikely to happen.«

Julia Reda (Pp): France proposes upload filter law, “forgets” user rights »

Uppdatering: Nu skriver även Emanuel Karlsten om saken, utförligt och på svenska »

Uppdatering 2: Europaparlamentets vice talman, den tjeckiske piratpartisten Marcel Kolaja skriver nu också om saken »

Frankrikes lag mot näthat möter motstånd

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Frankrike väntar inte på EU:s nya Digital Services Act, utan går före med egen lagstiftning mot näthat. Vilket väcker kritik. EDRi rapporterar:

»France’s draft legislation on hate speech (also called the “Avia law”) received a lot of criticism. The draft law was approved in July 2019 by the French National Assembly and will be examined by the Senate in December. It would oblige platforms to remove flagged hateful content within 24 hours or face fines. The Czech Republic first sent a detailed Opinion on the draft law. This was followed by the European Commission officially asking France to postpone the adoption of the law, mentioning in its letter a risk of violation of articles 3, 14 and 15 of the EU E-Commerce Directive.

EDRi, with the support of its members ARTICLE 19 and Access Now, submitted formal comments to the Commission to warn against the major pitfalls that the draft Avia law entails. The Commission joins EDRi in calling on France to halt the adoption of the legislative proposal. Leaving social media companies just 24 hours to do a reasoned assessment of a flagged piece of content officially appoints them as arbiters of legality and “the truth”, with heightened chilling effects on freedom of expression online. The fines companies face for non-compliance with the 24-hour deadline are disproportionate for platforms with limited resources such as not-for-profit community initiatives like Wikipedia.

Furthermore, the strict time cap will de facto lead to the use of filtering technology, resulting in over-removal of content.«

Hela vitsen med EU:s Digital Services Act – som kan komma att bli förfärlig i sig – är att man skall ha ett enhetligt regelverk vad gäller bland annat näthat. Helt enkelt eftersom internet inte tar hänsyn till nationsgränser.

Men som vanligt är fransmännen ivriga och vill springa före, vilket är en smula märkligt eftersom de samtidigt intar en överstatlig position i EU.

Möjligen hinner de nu testköra sina ofta märkliga och överdrivna idéer själva – innan de försöker tvinga på dem på alla på EU-nivå. Vilket möjligen är en bra sak, även om det är tråkigt för franska folket som nu får agera försökskaniner.

EDRi:
• France’s law on hate speech gets a thumbs down »
• Content regulation – what’s the (online) harm? »

Europol slår till mot samma slags trojan som regeringen vill låta svensk polis använda

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Polisen i Australien har i samarbete med Europol slagit till mot ful-hackare som använt sig av en »Imminent Monitor Remote Access Trojan« (IM-RAT). Så här fungerar den:

»Once installed upon a victim’s computer the, now defunct, IM-RAT software allowed a remote user to access and view documents, photographs and other files, record all the keystrokes entered and even activate the webcam on the victim’s computer – all of which could be done without the victim’s knowledge. (…)

The number of victims is unknown but estimates suggest it could globally be in the tens of thousands. Investigators have identified evidence of stolen personal details, passwords, private photographs, video footage and data. Forensic analysis on the large number of computers and internet accounts continues, with investigators working to identify potential victims. However with the source-software now no longer available, access to victims has been shut off.«

Detta är alltså en trojan av precis samma typ som regeringen föreslår att svensk polis skall få använda sig av för hemlig dataavläsning.

För att polisen skall kunna göra detta måste säkerhetsluckor – liknande den som öppnat för IM-RAT – lämnas öppna. Vilket ökar risken för att alla användare kan komma drabbas av illasinnade hacker-attacker, trojaner, nätbedrägerier, dataintrång och olaglig övervakning.

Länkar:
Polisen i Australien: The Rat Trap: international cybercrime investigation shuts down insidious malware operation »
Polisen i Australien: Advice for potential victims of IM-RAT malware »
Europol: International crackdown on RAT spyware which takes total control of victims’ PCs »

Samtidigt, i Afrika…

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»The Internet should have an open and distributed architecture, and should continue to be based on open standards and application interfaces and guarantee interoperability so as to enable a common exchange of information and knowledge. Opportunities to share ideas and information on the Internet are integral to promoting freedom of expression, media pluralism and cultural diversity. Open standards support innovation and competition, and a commitment to network neutrality promotes equal and non-discriminatory access to and exchange of information on the Internet.«

Länk: The African Declaration on Internet Rights and Freedoms »

Oppositionsledaren första offret för Singapores lag mot falska nyheter

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Techdirt:

»Singapore’s new ”fake news” law has been deployed for the first time. The law the government is using to expand domestic surveillance and minimize dissent is definitely doing the latter. Bhavan Jaipragas reports the initial recipient of a ”fake news” citation is none other than opposition leader Brad Bowyer.«

Länk: Singapore Government Tests Out Its Fake News Law Against An Opposition Party Leader »