Halloween ist auch in Deutschland angekommen. Einige Simpsonsspecials später gehts vor allem in Berlin und den prekären Aussenbezirken nur noch um Süßes oder Saures.

Der Link bedarf eigentlich keinen Kommentars. Dennoch bleibt hinterfragenswert, wo da noch der Spass bleibt und wer die Jugendlichen letzlich noch vor sich selbst schützt.

Link:

Berlin.de: Straftaten in Zusammenhang mit „Halloween“

Kirk Cameron extrapolates a recent Dilbert cartoon:

Since starting to work on the Identity Metasystem I’ve learned more and more about the hoists being pulled off in the context of virtual reality.  Over time, we have seen the attacks become more professionalized, and ultimately linked to well organized international syndicates.  Part of the basic equation is that the international nature of virtual reality makes it especially hard to deal with the type of organization that is emerging at the boundary of its interface with the brick and mortar world.

Link: Kim Cameron’s Identity Weblog — The virtualization of crime

Washington Post:

The US Senate has ratified a treaty under which the United States will join more than 40 other countries, mainly from Europe, in fighting crimes committed via the Internet.

The Council of Europe’s Convention on Cybercrime, ratified late Thursday, is the first international treaty seeking to address Internet crimes by harmonizing national laws, improving investigative techniques and increasing cooperation among nations.

Link: Senate Ratifies Cybercrime Treaty

Ars Technica:

According to the EFF, “The treaty requires that the U.S. government help enforce other countries’ ‘cybercrime’ laws—even if the act being prosecuted is not illegal in the United States. That means that countries that have laws limiting free speech on the Net could oblige the F.B.I. to uncover the identities of anonymous U.S. critics, or monitor their communications on behalf of foreign governments. American ISPs would be obliged to obey other jurisdictions’ requests to log their users’ behavior without due process, or compensation.”

Link: “World’s Worst Internet Law” ratified by Senate

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Some of the country’s most notorious street gangs have gotten Web-savvy, showcasing illegal exploits, making threats, and honoring killed and jailed members on digital turf.

Crips, Bloods, MS-13, 18th Street and others have staked claims on various corners of cyberspace. “Web bangers” are posting potentially incriminating photos of members holding guns, messages taunting other gangs and boasts of illegal exploits on personal Web sites and social networking sites.

“I’m just being real and I ain’t got nothing to hide,” said Kristopher “Kasper” Flowers, 30, a professed member of the 18th Street gang with facial tattoos of “18″ and “666.” The main 18th Street gang Web site has a link to “Kaspers World.”

Gangs once only roamed the streets of big cities but now can be found in 2,500 U.S. communities, according to the FBI. Police departments suddenly faced with the unwelcome arrivals are looking for help anywhere they can get it, including the gangs’ own easy-to-find Web sites.

George W. Knox, director of the National Gang Crime Research Center, said he has trained hundreds of police officials in how to cull intelligence on gang membership, rivalries, territory and lingo from these Web pages.

Link: Excite News - Gangs Use Internet to Showcase Exploits