back to article Europe talks to hackers, security bods on Wassenaar recalibration

Speaking at a roundtable meeting on export controls on Wednesday, Dutch MEP Marietje Schaake said that she and other lawmakers were working to avoid "some of the unintended consequences of the Wassenaar Arrangement." That's the arrangement between various nations on the export of weapons and arms, which includes software used …

  1. Graham Marsden
    Big Brother

    "Demand [for these products]...

    "...comes not only from human rights violators, but also our own governments."

    A tautological statement, methinks...

  2. Mark 85

    This will end up like many other things.. the legit guys will either go to the dark side of things or find another line of work. The crims and governments will carry on as usual since laws don't bother them. But, everyone involved with this agreement will "feel good" for "doing something".

    Think people!!! Damn, those who negotiate treaties and agreements are right there with those who regulate and legislate by checking their brains at the door.

    1. Robert Helpmann??
      Childcatcher

      Think people!!!

      Damn, those who negotiate treaties and agreements are right there with those who regulate and legislate by checking their brains at the door.

      Pretty sad to say, too, that many of them can't figure out how to take care of their own best interests and can't be bothered to care about everyone else's.

  3. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    How can you defend against hacking...

    ... if you make it illegal to study the tools they use?

  4. Anonymous Coward
    Anonymous Coward

    Why is it that when I see "Wassenaar Arrangement" I think "Wassermann test". Maybe not so far off the mark in discussions of infected computers …

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