China proposes UN policy to defeat anonymity
B Sat, 09/13/2008 - 11:21am
A United Nations agency is quietly drafting technical standards, proposed by the Chinese government, to define methods of tracing the original source of Internet communications and potentially curbing the ability of users to remain anonymous.
The U.S. National Security Agency is also participating in the "IP Traceback" drafting group, named Q6/17, which is meeting next week in Geneva to work on the traceback proposal. Members of Q6/17 have declined to release key documents, and meetings are closed to the public.
My BS meter is at threat
My BS meter is at threat level red on this one. The fact that it is closed door is as fishy as Bush/Cheney testifying together, not under oath, in secrecy.