Interesting article on the register apparently there is a cybercrime treaty in work that if Congress buys into could allow foreign countries easy access to personal information. “The Treaty, designed to streamline cooperation between signatory countries, will significant expand the power of investigators to access data and prosecute offenses ranging from copyright infringement to “hate speech”.”
The Registers fears are that countries that have less than scrupulous investigating techniques could obtain information they shouldn’t. [The Register]