http://www.theprivacyblog.com/international/declaration29-eu-plan-to-retain-data-on-all-internet-searches/ Anonymizer's Privacy Blog Tue, 07 Feb 2012 08:52:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.theprivacyblog.com/international/declaration29-eu-plan-to-retain-data-on-all-internet-searches/comment-page-1/#comment-8480 lance Tue, 04 Oct 2011 14:20:24 +0000 http://www.theprivacyblog.com/?p=191#comment-8480 I am very sorry to hear about your experience with stalking. This kind of criminal activity has existed since long before the invention of the phone or the Internet. It is certainly the case that crime can be significantly reduced by instituting a draconian police state with unlimited surveillance and police powers. I would argue, and have argued, that the damage from such a change to society far outweighs the damage from the crimes prevented. A tremendous number of fatalities could be avoided if no cars ever drove faster than 25 miles per hour, but as a society we find that tradeoff to be unacceptable because of the gigantic collective benefits of rapid transportation. The benefits of privacy and anonymity to free speech, human rights, whistle blowers, abuse victims, and many others far outweighs the limited increase in police effectiveness to capture those few criminals who do not bother to use many of the other inherently anonymous, and sometimes illegal, communications options. I am very sorry to hear about your experience with stalking. This kind of criminal activity has existed since long before the invention of the phone or the Internet. It is certainly the case that crime can be significantly reduced by instituting a draconian police state with unlimited surveillance and police powers. I would argue, and have argued, that the damage from such a change to society far outweighs the damage from the crimes prevented.
A tremendous number of fatalities could be avoided if no cars ever drove faster than 25 miles per hour, but as a society we find that tradeoff to be unacceptable because of the gigantic collective benefits of rapid transportation. The benefits of privacy and anonymity to free speech, human rights, whistle blowers, abuse victims, and many others far outweighs the limited increase in police effectiveness to capture those few criminals who do not bother to use many of the other inherently anonymous, and sometimes illegal, communications options.

]]> http://www.theprivacyblog.com/international/declaration29-eu-plan-to-retain-data-on-all-internet-searches/comment-page-1/#comment-8479 Mario Tue, 04 Oct 2011 10:26:28 +0000 http://www.theprivacyblog.com/?p=191#comment-8479 I live in Italy and four months ago I was receiving anonymous calls on my mobile phone from a molester who was tracked down and identified by the police. In Italy, we are applying Directive 2006/24/EC on mobile telephony and any SIM card holder has to provide prior identification. If the molester had bought his SIM card in Belgium or in another State which does not apply the European directive, we would not have been able to identify this person who already had a criminal record. Does this seem right? Tiziano Motti is right: the directive should be applied and expanded because it is not yet possible to identify stalkers who use social forums rather than mobile phones. I live in Italy and four months ago I was receiving anonymous calls on my mobile phone from a molester who was tracked down and identified by the police. In Italy, we are applying Directive 2006/24/EC on mobile telephony and any SIM card holder has to provide prior identification. If the molester had bought his SIM card in Belgium or in another State which does not apply the European directive, we would not have been able to identify this person who already had a criminal record. Does this seem right? Tiziano Motti is right: the directive should be applied and expanded because it is not yet possible to identify stalkers who use social forums rather than mobile phones.

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