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Title: Roundtable: Balancing the need for Security and the concerns for Civil Liberties completed

Concise Description:
Security threats are real. Governments are concerned about Cyberwarfare and related threats, business entities suffer from cybercrime in various ways while the average user faces various forms of security threats online. These threats are real but the measures against these threats are considered disproportionate and happen to cause greater harm sometimes than the threats to be warded off.
Moves to address the security concerns often result in breach of privacy. For instance Security could be improved by eliminating room for anonymity online and by gathering as much information about the user and the user's online activity. From the Privacy point of view, this exposes the user in various ways to the Government, Business and other interests. The security measures are considered as intrusion into the user's private lives and amount to surveillance, so, opposed. Security and Privacy are divided sides but it is possible to see merits in the argument by both sides. The open Internet architecture does shelter unwanted and dangerous elements, but surveillance of everything everywhere is unacceptable as a solution. For example geo-location devices in every automobile could help law & order minimize incidents of automobile threats, but would everyone want to be tracked all the time? And even if the impossible agreement is reached, wouldn't exposing information about one's whereabouts bring about a new vulnerability? The user who wants privacy also wants a solution to spam and other online security threats. But should the user make compromises to his privacy values? If so, what is the extent of compromises that are required?
On the other hand, is there a way out of the real threats without disturbing privacy values? Privacy and Security concerns are often seen as conflicting concerns as each side often tends to be overwhelmed by its own concerns. On a deeper level, even the most activist privacy proponents would desire a Secure Internet relatively free of electronic dangers. At the same time, those who
apparently appear to disregard privacy concerns would acknowledge the need for privacy to the necessary degree. This round table is proposed to bring together different points of view on Security and Privacy and encourage a free and unrestrained debate to look for convergence in some areas between the two
sides. The roundtable would approach this broadly with a view to define and enumerate concerns on both sides and look for unseen common grounds.

Panelists:

1) Katiza Rodriguez, EPIC- Agreed to participate.
2) Bruce Schneier- Accepted.
3) Robin Cross, IP Justice - Accepted
4) Andres Piazza – Accepted
5) Zahid Jamil, Pakistan. - approached, provisionally accepted.
6) Dr Steve Crocker - approached.
7) Dave Piscitello- approached
8) Arkadiy kremer, Russia - approached
9) Mr Tang, China. T- approached
10) John Perry Barlow, – Invited, not attending IGF.
11) Wolfgang Benedek
12) Jean-Marc Dinant
13) Alejandro Pisanty
14) Simon Davies

The Electronic Privacy Information Center has been invited to be co-organizer and their concurrence has been received

Which of the five broad IGF Themes or the Cross-Cutting Priorities does your workshop fall under?
Openness

Have you organized an IGF workshop before? No

If so, please provide the link to the report:
No link to this report

Would you be the Workshop organizer? Yes

If so, who would you approach as co-organizers ? If not, who do you think should organize it?
To approach some of the Internet pioneers known for their commitment to Internet values. To extend invitations to those from Law and Order, Banking, Online Commerce and Civil Society Security advocates on the one side and to extend invitations to Privacy Groups, Privacy Lawyers and Foundations as also to organizations committed to preserving the values of privacy and freedom. This workshop would define the concerns of each side and identify points on which there could be agreement between the apparently conflicting interests.

The Workshop is proposed on behalf of:ISOC India Chennai co-orgnaized by the Electronic Privacy Information Center

Contact Person: Sivasubramanian Muthusamy

2010 IGF: Vilnius

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