Re: Internet users say debate over control misses point

[Richard Cox <richard () beijing spamhaus cn>]

On Fri, 30 Sep 2005 22:58:04 GMT
"Fergie (Paul Ferguson)" <fergdawg () netzero net> wrote:

> Finally, some reasonable rhetoric. :-)

Up to a point, yes ...

> Groups representing Web surfers at the talks complained that the
> dispute between the United States and the rest of the world over
> administration is overshadowing more important issues, such as
> cleaning up spam from e-mail systems and combating cyber crime
> and identity theft, areas where they say governments should play
> a more active role.

No.  The lack of accountability of the naming and addressing authorities
seems to me to be fundamental to exactly those problems.  Certainly, the
response of the US State Department (during the 2004 Geneva Spam Summit)
to calls from developing countries for help with combatting US spammers
who were hacking local computers in those countries, was unimpressive
and made me think that even if the UN was bad, continuing the status
quo with the US in control, would ultimately be far worse ...

Richard

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