[AusNOG] Dutton decryption bill

[Mark Smith]

You realise you're being an enabler don't you?

On Thu., 13 Sep. 2018, 09:35 Paul Wilkins, <paulwilkins369 at 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 <ausnog at 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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