Governments have the power to pass any bill they want, and they can
waive around any sovereign rights they want as well.
It doesn't mean the bills will match reality.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indiana_Pi_Bill
On 13/09/18 15:13, Paul Wilkins wrote:
Mark,
An enabler? I wish. The government is perfectly capable of passing the
Assistance and Access Bill without my help.
There's a compelling argument that encryption doesn't negate the
sovereign right of the Crown to conduct wiretap surveillance subject
to judicial writ. I recognise the need to extend judicial writ to the
cyber domain. So do plenty of other people, inside and outside of
government, so it's happening, regardless of the objections of
hardline privacy advocates.
I want this regime to be effective and implemented properly, with
checks and balances consistent with a liberal democracy, and
proportionate to the need for privacy. If I contribute to the process,
it's to ensure a better outcome than had I stood idle and silent.
Kind regards
Paul Wilkins
On Thu, 13 Sep 2018 at 12:58, Mark Smith <markzzzsm...@gmail.com
<mailto:markzzzsm...@gmail.com>> wrote:
You realise you're being an enabler don't you?
On Thu., 13 Sep. 2018, 09:35 Paul Wilkins,
<paulwilkins...@gmail.com <mailto: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 <mailto: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
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