[LINK] [EFA-Privacy] And so it begins....

[JLWhitaker]

On 8/10/2019 4:20 PM, Roger Clarke wrote:
> On 8/10/19 4:09 pm, JLWhitaker wrote:
>> https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-10-08/us-whistleblower-speech-cancelled-at-cybersecurity-conference/11581986 
>> Suelette Dreyfus and Thomas Drake dropped from cybersecurity 
>> conference program. No explanation given. I guess someone leaned on 
>> the organisers, supposedly one of the 'partners', but no one's talking.
>
> So will the members of the 'professional body', the AISA, take this 
> lying down?
>
> https://www.aisa.org.au/aboutus/constitution-code-of-ethics/
>
> Very probably, because it would cost them money and connections if 
> they stood up for principles.
>
> And so fascism takes hold.
>
> Please forward this to people who are active in AISA.
>
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2019/oct/08/us-whistleblower-thomas-drake-says-speech-was-cancelled-due-to-government-pressure 


"The Australian Information Security Association advised them of the 
cancellation, but it is understood it came after pressure from the event 
partner, Australian Cyber Security Centre, the Australian government’s 
peak cyber security agency."

So the "free speech uber alles" government rethinks....


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