Covering our previous posts on cyber proliferation and export controls (Wassenaar Agreement, Hacking Team, Exploit Sales, i.a.), this research paper provides a comprehensive political and technological analysis of current regimes in place in the United States, Great Britain, and in Germany, which relate to the export of surveillance technology. The report has been published in March as a joint research project of the New America Foundation, the Open Technology Institute, Privacy International, and Digitale Gesellschaft.
The authors conducted their research guided by the insight that government regulation may have negative impacts on technological innovation and trade, pointing out concerns and ensuring “targeted and careful policy analysis to avoid negative consequences. As a key finding, the authors conclude that
existing export control regulations have become out-dated and have not kept up with new technology.
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