Comments on: Are you a cybercriminal?

By: patrick

patrick — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:13:08 +0000

if a couple in their legal age,who live apart and see each other every few years, engage in cybersex as a way of communicating… would they be criminals for self-expression?

By: Edgar Ilaga

Edgar Ilaga — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 04:04:22 +0000

I’ll post more inputs when I have the time. So far though, I see a huge privacy issue in the entirety of Chapter 4, that technically legalizes electronic espionage even among private citizens.

Also, what is even more disturbing is that should a file be found to be encrypted, people are forced under this law to reveal the contents of said file. Under Section 13 of the said law, “The law enforcement authorities may order any person who has knowledge about the functioning of the computer system and the measures to protect and preserve the computer data therein to provide, as is reasonable, the necessary information, to enable the undertaking of the search, seizure and examination.” This goes against the right against self-incrimination of individuals.

Lastly, Section 15 is definitely disturbing. Section 4 says that the Philippines will “Entertain a request of another nation for it to order or obtain the expeditious preservation of data stored by means of a computer system, located within Philippine territory, relative to which the requesting nation intends to submit a request for mutual assistance for the search or similar access, seizure or similar securing, or disclosure of the stored computer data.” Therefore, I imagine bodies like the MPAA or RIAA finally being able to reach Philippine territory. Not a comforting thought

Time to encrypt my data and employ plausible deniability.

Disclaimer: I am not a lawyer.

By: mjisnotdead

mjisnotdead — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 18:45:00 +0000

Can I post this on my twitter?

By: Richard Ducat

Richard Ducat — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 05:00:43 +0000

Kailangang pag-aralan at ipasa ang batas sa lalong madaling panahon…

By: Making Money Online with Ronald Redito

Making Money Online with Ronald Redito — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 14:20:20 +0000

In the course of my job as a virtual assistant and a blogger, I learned that spamming is illegal in the United States and they are strict about this. It is really easy to tract the IP address of the email sender, even the moderator/owner of this blog can see my IP address when I post this comment.

So I guess I need to spam you guys before this bill is enacted into law. lol. just kidding.

I am making money online in a legal way, but I know cyber prostitution is a big industry nowadays. No wonder why we see a lot of these on the news. Cyber sex dens are proliferating in the country because of cheaper talent fees of Pinays.

I support the crackdown of these dens. NBI should hire IT personnel to address the issue.

By: observer

observer — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 02:40:18 +0000

By “operation” do they mean an organized outfit, as implied by (h)? If so then perhaps (a) isn’t so bad as it’s just an extension of outlawing prostitution dens as already in effect. Otherwise, it’s simply ridiculous.

(d) and (e) should be qualified as prohibited from public viewing as is public indecency is defined.

By: Buwayahman

Buwayahman — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:43:36 +0000

I will have a problem with the definition of cybersex. The bill has pussyfooting terminologies like “indecent,” “private acts,” and “obscene.” C’mon. What are the definitions of these terms? I consider somebody’s ugly face or obese figure as obscene. I consider “snuggling” as a private act, so does that mean if I distribute pictures of me snuggling with my girlfriend, even if we both consent to posting it in Flickr, that is considered a cybercrime?