[LINK] Metadata retention has consumer benefits

[Chris Johnson]

Metadata retention scheme could be a bonanza
<http://www.smh.com.au/comment/metadata-retention-scheme-could-be-a-bonanza-20141030-11e4gs.html>

A comment article in Sydney Morning Herald (posted 8pm 30 Oct 2014) by
Wilson Da Silva (ex Cosmos magazine editor-in-chief) lauds the benefits
to us as consumers of being able to get hold of all our own metadata
when it is retained for the government. It gives no consideration at all
to the problems and cost of enabling any such access, and the even wider
potential for exposure through deliberate abuse and errors. The problem
of authenticating millions of requestors for multiple million metadata
records - to be granted to each person, and handed out to no-one else?
Makes the design, implementation, and roll out of a travel card or
Electronic Health records look trivial.
The Agency will not be concerned if they receive more records than
requested, it will be all useful big data - but if someone else receives
my records I would be rather annoyed. At least.

-- 
Chris Johnson