Cambodia cans critics of its snoopy Internet Gateway, says every nation has one Cambodia's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation has issued a clarification about the role of the "National Internet Gateway" that will commence operations tomorrow, stating that descriptions of it as an instrument of pervasive surveillance are "unfounded." As reported yesterday in The Register, human …
As a reminder: the UN is not an all-powerful entity with a vast army that can overpower any country.
It fully depends on reaching a consensus before deciding to take action, and then on countries to provide a way to enforce that decision.
If countries don't want to, then nothing happens. And that fully applies to the US and the UK too, who routinely ignore UN decisions when human rights get in the way of their self-defined "national interests".
@andrewmm
"Does the UK not funnel all internet through a government server system?"
At the moment, no.
But they have plans to do so. Which is why Patel is pushing through plans to, one way or another, weaken encryption. Back door my arse! (yes I know)
Funny how most British M.P's have switched to using Signal.
It's like they knew something that they hope we don't.
Much less, because web sites are commonly sharing IP addresses nowadays. They will know there's a connection to a CDN's address, they won't know what specific website was looked at. And there could be dozens to choose from if not more. Even meta data isn't that useful: the Facebook app will leave traces of connections to Facebook, but not everybody connecting to Facebook is of interest to them. They'd need much more specific information than that.
So, technical details are missing here.
They didn't say it would work tomorrow when they turn it on. However, would you know if there was infrastructure for it? Most likely, it will be a bunch of networking equipment provided by a company that has contracted the dictatorship as a service (DaS) business. That equipment would go into the ISPs' networking facilities and/or on the international communication lines inside Cambodia. Neither location keeps a public log of everything done inside and why. They could take many required steps without it becoming obvious that they have.
You obviously have no idea whatsoever what this system is supposed to be and how it would work.
Perhaps you should do a little research before showing your cluelessness.
There would be visible changes in peering relationships when it is implemented.
All my peering are still up so obviously there have been no changes.
Yes, Cambodia's move is significantly more nefarious than many, but others are seeking the same thing, including Western allies like Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and, regionally, India.
In the US, many minorities have been surveilled and while censorship is uncommon it does exist, primarily against radical movements.
In the world of cast iron cooking, there are degrees of black but let's not pretend ours are all shiny.
In the US, if you have an opinion that dissents from the mainstream narrative, you're called racist/lgbtq+-phobe/alt-right/conspiracy-theorist...
With those sort of smears, people start to self-censor, just to get out of the cross-hairs of the frothing-at-the-mouth SJWs, who, even though they claim to be progressive, seem to have no qualms about censoring any view that does not exactly coincide with theirs.
Not to mention the Telecom Regulator Cambodia has been demanding to block tons of websites lately.
265 since December in 4 batches.
Mostly Vietnamese betting/lottery sites; but also porn, local gambling, Pakistan visa scam, criticism of the regime.
What really irks me are the Vietnamese gambling sites: they have nothing to do with Cambodia, are totally geared for the VN market, and still labeled as "illegal gambling operating in Cambodia".
A typical shitty overreach.
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