NBI wants laptops regulated

[vito corleone]

ok lang sa akin ng maghanap ng id when selling a sim card para me record, pero wala pa ring kasiguraduhan na makakatulong yan kasi di naman sigurado na maipapatupad yan as intended. . .malulusutan pa rin yan ng maraming tao--at ang mga lulusot e yung mga me intensyon na gumawa ng masama


registering laptops is another matter--this is plain stupid idea na obviously e hindi pinag-isipan

[Monseratto]

The goverment is actually giving consideration to this crap...
http://www.philstar.com/Article.aspx...bCategoryId=63

DOJ reviewing proposal to regulate laptops, SIM cards
By Edu Punay (The Philippine Star) Updated March 03, 2011 12:00 AM

MANILA, Philippines - The Department of Justice (DOJ) is reviewing a proposal of the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) to regulate the use of laptops, SIM cards and other devices that can access the Internet.

Justice Secretary Leila de Lima said her office would determine if the proposal is consistent with law and does not violate provisions of the Constitution, especially on rights to privacy and the bill of rights.

She said the DOJ is weighing the pros and cons of the proposal submitted by the NBI’s Anti-Fraud and Action Division to the Senate last Monday.

“The DOJ is mandated to support anything that will really help in the tracking down, apprehension and prosecution of crime offenders including cyber crime offenders, hacking etc. and anything that will facilitate identification, arrest and prosecution of criminals,” De Lima said.

She, however, said anti-criminality measures are also subject to certain limitations under the law.

“Those bills, proposals must not violate fundamental principles in the Constitution, particularly the bill of rights. They should be in balance with constitutional rights to privacy and due process,” De Lima stressed.

The NBI is the law enforcement arm of DOJ.

NBI’s AFAD, which includes the Computer Crimes Unit that combats cyber crime syndicates, has proposed legislation on regulation of the use of laptops in certain cases to address cyber crimes and to limit the resources of the crime syndicates who are now resorting to high technology to carry out their crimes.

The proposal was filed following the approval of the Anti-Cable Television and Cable Internet Pilferage Act by the House committee on information communications technology last Saturday, which aims to protect legitimate cable subscribers from unauthorized connection or tapping of existing facilities through the use of wires and electromagnetic devices.

NBI head agent Palmer Mallari, chief of the Anti-Fraud and Computer Crimes Division of the NBI, explained that the regulation of laptops and other similar devices would help law enforcement agencies fight cyber crime.

Since wireless connection is used by half of Internet users in the country, Mallari pointed out that registering the devices used in connecting to the Internet can make it a lot easier for law enforcers to trace Filipinos involved in cybercrime.

Senators Edgardo Angara and Francis Escudero immediately expressed reservations on the proposal, citing the inconvenience it would cause Internet users in the country.