UN agency calls for global cyberwarfare treaty, ‘drivers license’ for Web users

"When there is a pandemic, it organizes the quarantine of cases. We are not allowed to organize the systematic quarantine of machines that are compromised." He also called for a "driver's license" for internet users. "If you want to drive a car you have to have a license to say that you are capable of driving a car, the car has to pass a test to say it is fit to drive and you have to have insurance."

This story speaks for itself in my opinion and if true it presents a dilemma for many of us who use the internet for a variety of functions. But it also places the freedom of the internet at risk by those who want to control it for a variety of reasons, not all of them good either.




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So basically this is not about internet safety but about getting every bit of money they can from internet users just like they do with everything else.

Just another way to tax people without using the word tax. What a joke.

Just Say No To Control Freaks.

If you don't, watch the economy spiral down the toilet.

I don't mind the idea of surfing insurance if I can collect if involved in a "spam and run" in my inbox.

Of course I am sure to be ticketed for distracted surfing should my mouse linger too close to a pop up porn ad.

Hmm...my general kneejerk reaction to that is...fark the UN.

and hey, I like the concept of the UN overall...

I imagine most everyone under the age of...oh..50 worldwide will also give the middle finger to such an idea (and plenty over 50).


how many seconds before they try to shove this through by using the time honored way of destroying all rights of the people...the magic phrase "think about the children".

that should secure up the less thoughtful vote.

The internet is the best form of free speech and freedom in general we have today...worldwide. Fight for everyones right to use it, and use it anonymously. You want to protect yourself from the evils of the net...get a firewall and virus scanner.

I don't trust the UN. They are the ones wanting to get into your computer. They want to be able to shut you down. If you post something they don't like, then they'll shut you down and say you are a cancer.

Seriously, a drivers license for the web? Laughable.

I've been online for over ten years with no anti-virus software. Zip. Zilch. Nada. All I have is a firewall and I've never had problems. This whole virus and attack boogieman is just garbage. This is nothing but scare tactics.


Oh Oh Oh the interwebules will turn off my dishwasher!!!!!

Originally posted by TV_Nation
So basically this is not about internet safety but about getting every bit of money they can from internet users just like they do with everything else.

If it originates with the United Nations, then it's a NWO globalization ploy, given that everything originating with the UN is a globalization ploy.

One-world government, one-world law, one-world justice, one-world economy, one-world communications, one-world atheism, one-world slavery.

Anyone who wants to protect his Internet freedom should start boning-up on network hacking, false IP addresses, and proxy servers. You're not going to beat this power grab through any "legal system"...

— Doc Velocity

Someone sick Anonymous on these guys please.

We need the Legion. Cmon guys we need you.


This is a horrible attempt at trying to justify this.

Comparing driving a dangerous vehicle that kills people everyday, to sitting in front of a harmless box in your house is a RETARDED comparison.

What do I need a licence to brush my hair too? Or walk down the sidewalk? Freaking retards.

Don't let them get this one through.

This not only exposes even more attempts by the U.N. to control everyday life, it also begs the question are we really "required" to have a drivers license? While there may be legislation stating so, is there a law to back up such legislation? A statute, code or ordinance is no more law than a chalk board that has the mathematical equation for gravity scrawled across it. It is not the piece of paper a statute is written upon that makes it law, and it is not a chalkboard an equation is written upon that makes that law, both serve as evidence for law, and nothing more.

Evidence is not proof, if it were the gloves "that didn't fit" that led to the jury to acquit O.J., would have been enough to convict him. While there is much talk and assertion that legislatures make law, they no more do so than Sir Isaac Newton made gravity. A law is self evident, just as gravity is, and what is so evident that people need to have a drivers license to prove they can drive. If drivers licenses were so effective in keeping people who can't drive off of the road, then why are there so many bad drivers?

While it is the DMV that insist that "driving is a privilege and not a right", it is unclear by what authority a state administrative agency finds the jurisdiction to declare what is a right and what is not. That said, it is equally unclear, by what authority the U.N. finds jurisdiction to demand licensing of internet usage. The problem is not governments, as they will always act according to their nature. Much like the fable of the scorpion who stung the frog who gave him a ride across the river and in doing so drowned them both, governments will act like scorpions, and people far too often, like naive frogs trusting the reasoning of scorpions, whilst ignoring their very nature.

As long as people continue to willingly grant jurisdiction to dubious licensing schemes, then governments will demand more application of licenses and do what they can to control the people. People should not just refuse to go along with licensing of internet users, they should start refusing to go along with the licensing of drivers, because just as surely as it is a right to use the internet, it is a right to drive and travel as well. Whether we travel across the world via the world wide web, or travel to the store down the street, it is a right and not a government granted privilege.

these guys are a joke

some people just dont deserve to live among people you know, thats very hard to read, the idea itself is horrible and you can see that the people asking for it is IGNORANT

I think we have a unique [so far] opportunity to see just how much control we have as nation's citizens with this thing, and I mean conclusively.

If it goes through, it will be painfully obvious that we have no control of ourselves whatsoever, and the gauntlet will be dropped, IMHO.

I don't see this being the classic duopoly type of scenario. This is really not cut half down the middle as most can attest to. We don't want regulation, and they do. If it goes through, we'll see just how much influence our measly emails, letters, calls, petitions and stampedes have on their decisions.

Perhaps this is just what is needed to get us off our collective a$$es, and realize they aren't playing nicely, so neither should we.

Uhm...by the way, why aren't we talking about the UN's power over "we the people" anyway? Hmm...where's my rope?

EDIT: Starred, Flagged and Dugg in the Technoloy/Industry News Section

[edit on 31-1-2010 by lagnar]