Filtering the Internet for law enforcement purposes? The Dutch Minister of Safety and Justice is considering a new instrument for law enforcement authorities that enables them to order Internet companies and other persons to make web content unavailable. This instrument should not be adopted too easily. Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • July 18, 2013
Extraterritorial use of policeware in the United States? Is the FBI allowed to remotely install spyware on computers? And what if the suspect lives outside the United States? What are the capabilities of such “policeware”? This blog post briefly analyzes a decision of a U.S. judge on this subject. Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • May 02, 2013 • 2 comments
Remote searches and jurisdiction on the Internet Due to the advent of technologies such as cloud computing, the traditional norms for establishing jurisdiction on the Internet may no longer suffice. Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • February 28, 2013 • 2 comments
Some thoughts on the EU cybersecurity directive The new EU cybersecurity directive aims to improve cybersecurity by establishing a central authority for network and information security. The question is whether this is the right approach to improve cybersecurity. Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • February 16, 2013
Is the ‘decryption order’ a good idea? A decryption order is an incredibly privacy intrusive governmental power. The announcement that the government wants to make the decryption order possible should not be taken lightly. Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • December 13, 2012 • 1 comment
The advent of cross-border remote searches? Our minister of Safety and Justice sent a letter to Parliament with several far reaching proposals, including the possibility to hack computers in foreign countries in order to gather evidence. This can lead to interesting cross-border legal issues. Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • October 18, 2012 • 2 comments
Our government should provide statistics about online data collection Our ministry of Safety and Justice refuse to provide statistics about the use of ‘social media wiretaps’. In this blog post the investigatory technique is analyzed and it is contested that the statistics about the use of the technique should be released. Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • August 16, 2012
Wiretapping Internet Communications The effectiveness of internet wiretaps deteriorated over the last decade, while at the same time the necessity of wiretapping internet communications has increased. This blog post is about the possibilities of wiretapping internet communications. Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • May 24, 2012 • 1 comment
EU Cybercrime Proposal The new EU proposal for the directive on attacks on information systems criminalises the use of hacking tools. This created some concern among security professionals and ethical hackers. Jan-Jaap Oerlemans • April 12, 2012 • 1 comment
