On 12/09/18 17:04, Mark Newton wrote: > ... > There is no democratic brake on the advancement of the intelligence > community’s powers, they continue to do whatever the hell they want, > with no recourse. > ...
^ This. Those in power continue to wield it in ways which benefit themselves rather than all of us. I'm not sure what the entire solution is, but part of it surely must include being open to scrutiny by the general public. If there were an equivalent to certificate transparency logs for our data retention laws and for these proposed technical assistance requests, you could be sure that they'd be used much more responsibly and sparingly. I would also add that nor is there a brake on the advancement of Silicon Valley's powers. Imagine if the same public (or near-public) scrutiny were available for the decisions that large Internet, financial, and advertising firms make about us... Paul _______________________________________________ AusNOG mailing list AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog
