Hadopi's Secret Internet Spying Spec Leaked
Confidential details of a French government consultation on how to secure Internet access for 3-strikes/graduated response measures, have leaked. The consultation is run by the Hadopi, the new public authority set up to oversee the French government's graduated response / 3-strikes law for copyright enforcement. The measures target peer-to-peer file-sharing in particular.
Although the consultation is supposed to be public, the details of the specification that Hadopi is requiring were kept secret. The leak is significant because it reveals a proposal for surveillance on Internet users' own computers.
The Hadopi is consulting on security software so that Internet subscribers can secure their Internet access and defend themselves against an allegation of copyright infringement. The leaked document describes a functional specification for security software to meet that requirement. The measures appear to be ‘belt-and-braces' in that the software will be required to monitor all traffic through the Internet access as well as all files on the user's computer and the router configuration.
