What I'm saying is there was the social contract, then the internet came along, then the social contract was extended to encompass the internet. I don't mean to offend when I say this is inevitable, but I think it's counter productive to argue all regulation is evil, and the right to privacy trumps all other rights. Accepting that, we can have a public debate about the necessary checks and balances.
Kind regards Paul Wilkins On 13 June 2017 at 21:25, Mark Smith <markzzzsm...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 13 June 2017 at 20:50, grenville armitage <garmit...@swin.edu.au> > wrote: > > > > > > On 06/13/2017 20:19, Paul Wilkins wrote: > >> > >> [...] That the technology is new doesn't change the fundamentals of > >> liberty vs state authority. > > > > > > Indeed. > > > > Agree. Pity he argued the opposite. > > Paraphrasing, "Magna Carta .... now we have the Internet, so everybody > needs to trust the government with our crypto keys, regardless of > whether we're under suspicion of committing a crime or not." > > I wonder if Paul would be comfortable with the government legislating > that we must give them copies of our front door keys? That too would > be government mandated key escrow. > > > > cheers, > > gja > > > > _______________________________________________ > > AusNOG mailing list > > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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