[clug] [OT] Broadband clangers

Robert Edwards bob at cs.anu.edu.au
Tue Aug 17 19:37:02 MDT 2010


On 17/08/10 16:18, Christopher Yeoh wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Aug 2010 14:29:22 +1000
> Robert Edwards<bob at cs.anu.edu.au>  wrote:
>>
>> Private companies operating under Australian law, intended
>> (apparently) to look after the rights of people in Australia. And, as
>> far as I can tell, my phone conversations are not (yet) routed
>> through Singapore or India or the USA. There are clear laws that
>> define what the private company that operates my phone service can do
>> with respect to tapping or even logging my calls. Definitely not so
>> with twitter - as to e-mail (who uses GMail or MSN anyway?) it is
>> somewhat murkier esp. where international boundaries are concerned.
>
> If you're twittering it, then you're not going to care about anyone
> seeing it.
>
> Chris

It's not the tweets. Nobody cares what you tweet (other than the other
twits). It's the metadata. And, in particular, the authentication token
you are sending across an international boundary (and into the U.S. in
particular). Which IP address were you using. When did you send it. Who
were you following. Who was following you. What platform were you using.
etc. etc.

Bob.


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