A Chinese ghost in the machine?

By MeiKin Chew

In real-life scenario, a criminal can be tracked, interrogated, detained and perhaps punished for his/her crimes. However, when the "criminal" is not as "physically accessible", such as internet crime where the actual "criminal" might be be track-able, what is the remedy to this?

In "A Chinese ghost in the machine?", the article highlights the possibilities of governments of different nationals utilizing the cyberspace to spy on their rivaling parties/countries; China spying on Tibetan activists.
A NATO cyberwarrior in Tallinn had implied that the progress of implementing a "global legal framework" to control internet crime has been slow.

Perhaps the biggest stakeholders here are the governmental institutions across the world whose confidential information might be leaked without a trace. However, in a broader sense, everyone who uses the internet will find this a threat with regards to the invasion of one's privacy.

Therefore, cybercrime is no longer an inter-governmental issue, but also an international issue that deserves attention from people across the globe.