Ben McGinnes wrote:
Even more info is available here:
http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/National_Security_Inquiry
It's actually quite hideous, which is why I'm breaking with my normal policy of not sending things like this to everyone I know.
"and kept the pressure on before Canada’s online surveillance bill <https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/02/keep-pressure-canadian-online-surveillance-bill-pause-fight-continues> was temporarily shelved in the face of an outcry from privacy advocates, ..." It occurs to me that the idea we could expect the internet to remain a regulation free zone; once it became a widely used utility; was always something of a romantic dream. Likewise the idea that a 'right to privacy,' is an appropriate approach to the encroachment by security organisations etc,.on the privacy of individuals. It seems to me the legislative model we need; is for all personal information only to be available on a 'need to know' basis; so that the onus of proof falls on the particular requesting organisation; and is tightly tied to whatever they have been tasked to do; just a thought Rohan McLeod