country:brunei

Le Figaro - International : La Chine se voit en trop grand sur ses passeports
http://www.lefigaro.fr/international/2012/11/29/01003-20121129ARTFIG00397-la-chine-se-voit-en-trop-grand-sur-ses-passeports

C’est un bout de papier qui ranime les tensions en mer de Chine méridionale. Un coin de page du nouveau passeport chinois où s’esquisse, en filigrane, une carte aux contours controversés. On y voit la Chine et des pointillés qui dessinent une langue dans ces eaux disputées, signifiant la souveraineté que Pékin estime avoir sur plusieurs archipels, également revendiqués par le Vietnam, les Philippines, la Malaisie, Taïwan ou encore Brunei.

#cartographie #Chine #eaux_territoriales

Software Meant to Fight Crime Is Used to Spy on Dissidents
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/08/31/technology/finspy-software-is-tracking-political-dissidents.html

The software proved to be the stuff of a spy film: it can grab images of computer screens, record Skype chats, turn on cameras and microphones and log keystrokes. The two men said they discovered mobile versions of the spyware customized for all major mobile phones.

But what made the software especially sophisticated was how well it avoided detection. Its creators specifically engineered it to elude antivirus software made by Kaspersky Lab, Symantec, F-Secure and others.

The software has been identified as FinSpy, one of the more elusive spyware tools sold in the growing market of off-the-shelf computer surveillance technologies that give governments a sophisticated plug-in monitoring operation. Research now links it to servers in more than a dozen countries, including Turkmenistan, Brunei and Bahrain, although no government acknowledges using the software for surveillance purposes.

#Technologie #Surveillance

CCFD - Terre Solidaire - Banques et Paradis fiscaux Quand les régions françaises font mieux que le G20 pour imposer la transparence
http://ccfd-terresolidaire.org/ewb_pages/i/info_2895.php?PHPSESSID=bfa74ba986cfd18562ded0a732f37450

Rapport sur la présence des #banques françaises dans les #paradis_fiscaux

Enquête sur les banques françaises : elles ont 24 filiales dans les Iles Caïmans, 12 aux Bermudes et 99 au Luxembourg
http://ccfd-terresolidaire.org/ewb_pages/i/info_2895.php

Les sommets du G20 se suivent et finissent par tous se ressembler. Au-delà des grandes déclarations, les résultats concrets de la lutte contre l’opacité financière sont tellement décevants par rapport aux sommes en jeu que personne ne s’aventure à donner des chiffres. Là où quelques pays riches ont parfois presque « accidentellement » récupéré un ou deux milliards à partir des fichiers bancaires dérobés, les pays en développement sont eux restés complètement à l’écart et n’ont absolument pas bénéficié de ces efforts.

#banques #for:rezo.net #paradisfiscaux #pfj
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Stop Being Poor: U.S. Piracy Watch List Hits A New Low With 2012 Report | Michael Geist
http://www.michaelgeist.ca/content/view/6456/125

the most shameful inclusion in this year’s report are a series of countries whose primarily fault is being poor.  For example, the list includes Guatemala, a small country the size of Tennessee with a per capita GDP of just over $5,000. It is coming out of an economic depression that had a severe impact on rural income. (...)

The same tactic is employed against countries such as Costa Rica (81st per capita GDP with complaints that more resources should be allocated to enforcement) or Romania (77th per capita GDP with complaints about more resources on enforcement). Moreover, with repeated complaints against countries seeking to ensure adequate access to medicines for their citizens or access to books in schools, this year’s report hits a new low. It demonstrates the failure of the enforcement agenda and stands as an embarrassment for one of the world’s richest countries to prioritize its IP rights over human and economic rights in the developing world.

#propriété_intellectuelle #etats-unis #inégalités #pauvreté #santé #éducation

Son of #ACTA : meet the next secret #copyright treaty
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/03/son-of-acta-meet-the-next-secret-copyright-treaty.ars

La démocrature mondiale de la #propriété_intellectuelle avance à marche forcée :

The new Trans-Pacific Partnership (#TPP), like the ACTA before it, had its intellectual property chapter drafted by the US. Once again, the chapter was drafted in #secret and has been classified for at least four years after #negotiations end. The agreement exports (nearly verbatim) the DMCA’s rules on digital locks, ISP liability, and subscriber disconnections, with a few extra goodies on the side.

TPP has been in the drafting stage for some time, but the US intellectual property chapter (PDF) only leaked yesterday. Canadian law professor Michael Geist calls it “everything [the US] wanted in ACTA but didn’t get.”