You realise you're being an enabler don't you? On Thu., 13 Sep. 2018, 09:35 Paul Wilkins, <paulwilkins...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 like this idea, a lot. > > In my submission I raised the possibility of a single agency acting as a > clearing house for judicial writs, and issuing per warrant SSL certificates > to secure warrant data as part of the process. The idea to have them > implement certificate transparency is excellent, and I'd support any > representation to government urging them to resource such efforts. However, > it's going to be a struggle, given where, if you've noticed, gov.au is not > yet DNSSEC signed - which I find deliciously ironic, the government issuing > itself new powers to protect our cyber security, while their whole TLD > flaps in the breeze... > > Kind regards > > Paul Wilkins > > > On Wed, 12 Sep 2018 at 21:52, Paul Gear <aus...@libertysys.com.au> wrote: > >> 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 >> > _______________________________________________ > AusNOG mailing list > AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net > http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog >
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