[governance] New Report: Current Export Controls for Surveillance Tools are Outdated and Ineffective

[Guru गुरु]

Thanks Ian, that was a relief :-)

Public policy will need to cover some kind of social/public/community 
audit processes on all proprietary software used by the general public / 
public authorities. Of course release code under GPL would be a better 
option wherever possible. This will apply to google search as well..

Though, I dont see this having any chance of happening under the MS 
umbrella where deep pocket private interests can successfully drown out 
any voices for the public interest...

warm regards,
Guru

On 03/27/2014 01:18 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
> apologies for misunderstandings Guru, I was being ironic.
> *From:* Guru गुरु <mailto:Guru at ITforChange.net>
> *Sent:* Thursday, March 27, 2014 1:11 AM
> *To:* governance at lists.igcaucus.org 
> <mailto:governance at lists.igcaucus.org>
> *Subject:* Re: [governance] New Report: Current Export Controls for 
> Surveillance Tools are Outdated and Ineffective
> On 03/25/2014 06:03 AM, Ian Peter wrote:
>> Hi Carolina (copies to multiple lists taken out)
>> s
> snip
>> Ian Peter
>> PS Australia perhaps should be added to the list of countries who 
>> should be forbidden use of surveillance software after using it to 
>> advance commercial offshore oil deals with the poor neighbouring 
>> country of East Timor (not to mention using it to tap the phone of 
>> the wife of the President of Indonesia). But then, I guess we had 
>> better leave privacy out of any considerations on limitations of 
>> software sales here...
>>
>
> Dear Ian
> Why do you think  we should "better leave privacy out of any 
> considerations on limitations of software sales". Is this not an issue 
> for public policy?
> regards,
> Guru
>
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