<div dir="ltr"><div><div>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.<br><br></div>Kind regards<br><br></div>Paul Wilkins<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 13 June 2017 at 21:25, Mark Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:markzzzsmith@gmail.com" target="_blank">markzzzsmith@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><span class="">On 13 June 2017 at 20:50, grenville armitage <<a href="mailto:garmitage@swin.edu.au">garmitage@swin.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br>
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> On 06/13/2017 20:19, Paul Wilkins wrote:<br>
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>> [...] That the technology is new doesn't change the fundamentals of<br>
>> liberty vs state authority.<br>
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> Indeed.<br>
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</span>Agree. Pity he argued the opposite.<br>
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Paraphrasing, "Magna Carta .... now we have the Internet, so everybody<br>
needs to trust the government with our crypto keys, regardless of<br>
whether we're under suspicion of committing a crime or not."<br>
<br>
I wonder if Paul would be comfortable with the government legislating<br>
that we must give them copies of our front door keys? That too would<br>
be government mandated key escrow.<br>
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> cheers,<br>
> gja<br>
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