NBI wants laptops regulated

[Monseratto]

What the ......?!?

02/28/2011 | 03:13 PM

The National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) has proposed a legislation that would regulate laptops, SIM cards, and other devices used in connecting to the Internet, but this early, at least two senators expressed opposition to it.

"I can foresee tremendous opposition to this," said Sen. Edgardo Angara, chairman of the Senate science and technology committee that conducted a hearing on cybercrime bills Monday.

According to Palmer Mallari, chief of the NBI Anti-fraud and Computer Crimes Division, regulating the use of laptops "would help law enforcement agencies in the fight against cybercrime."

Mallari said during the hearing that law enforcers often have a difficult time tracing specific users who connect to the Internet through laptops and wireless connectivity.

He said if the government requires users to register their devices used in connecting to the Internet, law enforcers will have an easier time tracing those who may be involved in certain cybercrimes.

NBI Computer Crimes Unit chief Migdonio Congzon said that 50 percent of Internet connections in the country is wireless.

Sen. Francis Escudero, who was also present during the Senate hearing, said the regulation of laptops is an "overreaction."

"Masyadong hassle ang pagrerehistro kung saka-sakali ng individual laptop owners ng kanilang laptop (Individual laptop owners will find the registration of their devices too much of a task)," he said.

Earlier, Senate Majority Floor Leader Vicente “Tito" Sotto III also pushed for the mandatory registration of SIM cards after initial investigations showed that a cellphone was used to detonate the bomb inside a Quezon City-bound Newman Goldliner bus last month. Five people were killed in the blast. - Kimberly Jane Tan/KBK, GMA News

[CVT]

Ano ba ito?

Sana mag-isip muna itong NBI....Di ba't 75 years old na sila?....

12.4K:knit:

[weisshorn]

Aba!... gusto yata ng NBI maging first in the world to have Laptop regulated/registered. Sa US I never heard like this kahit na they are doing everything against terrorism after the 9/11. Kung gusto nila maimprove ang fight against cyber crime eh dapat upgrade nila ang kanilang info gathering equipments at iba..go high tech ika nga. Wag nila isama ang publiko sa problema nila.

[shadow]

ayos parang firearms na lang ang laptop, dapat meron na rin permit to carry.

[sgt_taga]

too much stupidity in our society now... tsk tsk...

this is what we get when we put morons (read: non-tech savvy people) in positions needing technical know-how.

hay nako!

[sgt_taga]

too much stupidity in our society now... tsk tsk...

this is what we get when we put morons (read: non-tech savvy people) in positions needing technical know-how.

hay nako!

[Altis6453]

Wow. Let's use that fine example of logic for a minute here....Maybe all males should register their pEnises, too to help the NBI solve date rape. Or, they should require that all video camcorders be registered to help authorities solve video piracy. (Waitaminit! Even NBI agents will object to registering their pEnises!)

Never mind that both are perfectly capable of lawful uses, such as urinating or taking videos of your kid's graduation (for the videocam ).

Makes you wonder what kind of IQ level requirement there is at the NBI. Only the absolute dumbest become Computer Crimes Division Chief. Sheesh! Oh, did I mention these guys carry guns to work? We require responsible gun owners to undergo and pass a psychiatric exam, yet law enforcers such as these fine gentlemen from the NBI (with service pistol tucked firmly in their waist) can get away with such patently asinine ideas designed to curtail your freedoms inch by inch. By golly, I feel safe already!

Resign, Mr. Mallari and Mr. Congzon. The position you presently occupy at the NBI is for someone with higher sophistication, if not bigger pEnises. Don't let the door hit your a$$ on the way out.

[oj88]

Nice to see we're getting our tax's worth. Imagine, a license plate/sticker attached to every laptop, smartphone and iPads/tablets.

What the heck do they have there at NBI? A thinktank or a cestpool?

[Altis6453]

* double post *

[Altis6453]

It's typical, simplistic thinking. Can't solve crimes involving guns? Ban the gun! Can't stop people riding in tandem from assassinating high profile politicos? Ban the motorcycle! Can't solve bombings involving cellphones with prepaid SIMs? Register all prepaid SIMs!

Nevermind that good, old-fashioned, technically sound, evidence-centered investigation would help solving crime.

We should do the opposite. Ban these idi0ts from serving in government. They can get higher paying jobs as security contractors transporting rubber dog$hit in Afghanistan.