Building a Global Cyber Police Force 155
dasButcher writes "One of the biggest obstacles to fighting hackers and cyber-criminals is that many operate in the safe harbors of their home countries, insulated from prosecution by authorities in foreign countries where their targets reside. As Larry Walsh writes in his blog, several security vendors and a growing number of countries are now beginning to consider the creation of a global police force that would have trans-border jurisdiction to investigate and arrest suspected hackers."
Re:First order of business.... (Score:5, Funny)
Finnally team america will save us! Fuck Yeah!
Re:Do not want. (Score:3, Funny)
I see that as a good thing for private funding of space exploration and colonization!
the internet has been called the wild west (Score:5, Funny)
and the parallel holds, since the end of the real wild west consisted of the feds moving into lawless lands and taking over from vigilante, ad hoc systems of justice, just like this proposal. that was pretty much the historical end of the real wild west
so i'm waiting for the internet's version of "dodge city", where tourists can go and experience the vicarious thrill of driveby downloading, phishing exploits, nigerian email scams, and id theft, much like in the real "dodge city", gunfights at high noon and cattle rustling are now recreated for tourist's sake
"wow dad, i was browsing the dancing hamster website with the purple gorilla in the taskbar on the windows ME simulation, and like, i just got pwned! the simulation showed me as the payload modified the registry settings in the simulation! was it really like that in the bad old days?"
"that's right son, when your dad was your age browsing the internet, you always had your sidearm antivirus at the ready. craven desperate men and psychotic outlaws were always just around the corner, a click away. you had to deal with danger and treachery on a daily basis"
"gee dad, did you actually get an email from belarus claiming to be citibank asking for your security credentials out of concern for your security?"
"sure did"
"that's scary dad! how did the early internet pioneers ever survive in such a hostile wilderness. how did we ever make it this far?"
"sometimes i wonder myself son"
Re:Would you trust someone this stupid? (Score:3, Funny)
"What's missing is a state willingness to prosecute, a willingness that won't change just because the cops are enforcers from Superpol."
That's SuperCyberPol, mister!
Re:Do not want. (Score:1, Funny)
%s/car/bomb/g
Re:the internet has been called the wild west (Score:2, Funny)
Perhaps you should make a Low Budget HDV American Wild West Movie in NYC