The Threat of the Cybercrime Treaty
Saw this over at HNN
With the possibility of being signed before the year is out, The Council of Europe’s Draft Cybercrime Treaty will make the authorship or possession of "hacking" software an offense punishable by law. The potential fall out of a treaty such as this puts vulnerability research and reporting in grave danger. If this type of activity is made illegal and both vendors and users alike are no longer made aware of their system's potential holes then the likelihood of establishing more secure networks will cease to exist.
