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UN Cybercrime Convention to Overrule Bank Secrecy
The finalized UN Cybercrime Convention would overrule bank secrecy while criminalizing hacking, whistleblowing and security research.
Article 8: Illegal interception:"Each State Party shall adopt such legislative and other measures as may be necessary to establish as criminal offences under its domestic law, when committed intentionally and without right, the interception, made by technical means, of non-public transmissions of electronic data to, from or within an information and communications technology system, including electromagnetic emissions from an information and communications technology system carrying such electronic data". Authorities can compel the preservation, production, or seizure of any electronic data, potentially turning personal devices into spy vectors regardless of whether the information has been communicated". As the Chaos Computer Club writes: "The planned Cybercrime Convention is a surveillance treaty that tramples human rights and internationally endangers IT-security professionals and journalists."
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