[AusNOG] Data retention definitions

[Matt Palmer]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2014 at 02:10:57AM +1000, Skeeve Stevens wrote:
> On 26 September 2014 01:56, Ben Grubb <bgrubb at fairfaxmedia.com.au> wrote:
> > More fun on this front
> >
> > From The Australian <https://t.co/Om7r7GZ8dE>:
> > ONLINE communication sites including social-media services Twitter and
> > Facebook will be drawn into a planned updated version of the federal
> > government’s anti-terror data-retention push.
> > ....
> >
> > “Data-retention obligations should not be limited to licensed carriers but
> > should also extend to any entity that provides communications services to
> > the Australian public,” the paper says.
>
> Is this John Brandis, our Attorney General a complete idiot?

I doubt he would have gotten the job otherwise.  The bureaucrats don't like
ministers who have their own ideas (cf. "Yes Minister").

> I bet once the terror alert is reduced these laws won't be repealed.

I think they will be.  I just don't think the terror alert will ever be
reduced.

- Matt