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Isn't this the exact thing that China has in law that is causing everyone to dump Huawei over?
[1] https://www.lawfareblog.com/beijings-new-national-intelligen...
[2] https://www.aspistrategist.org.au/huawei-and-the-ambiguity-o...
Whatever happened to Agile as "we have come to value: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools" ??
Isn't this the exact thing that China has in law that is causing everyone to dump Huawei over?
This is probably the reason they want to dump Huawei. Much easier to subvert technology produced locally or in allied countries (and the other Five Eyes members will undoubtedly adopt similar laws soon, if they haven't already).
Exactly. For those getting wound up over this in other western countries - Australia is often used as a testing ground for this kind of legislation. It will be your country next.
So far my impression is that all that is required is to gain access to Jenkins one way or another and you have the keys of the whole infrastructure.
If you're wondering why this kind of thing happens all the time in Australia, the late Donald Horne summed it up beautifully in the 1960s: "Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck" [1] Australia has many intelligent, brilliant people. For some reason, the design of our political system results in almost none of them getting into Government. This awful, fundamentally flawed law…
"Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all the others"
If you're wondering why this kind of thing happens all the time in Australia, the late Donald Horne summed it up beautifully in the 1960s: "Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck" [1] Australia has many intelligent, brilliant people. For some reason, the design of our political system results in almost none of them getting into Government. This awful, fundamentally flawed law…
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That's a mischaracterization. Any type of entity can be targeted, but not any agent . That's an important distinction to stop people acting as private individuals on their own time from being exempt from the law. Not that I think this will work—it wont in the long run—but I'd rather argue against the strongest case of an argument.
According to Sect 317C, a "designated communications provider" includes: A person is a designated communications provider if ... 6. the person develops, supplies or updates software used, for use, or likely to be used, in connection with: (a) a listed carriage service; or (b) an electronic service that has one or more end-users in Australia ... and the eligible activities of the person are ... (a) the development by…
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This is probably the reason they want to dump Huawei. Much easier to subvert technology produced locally or in allied countries (and the other Five Eyes members will undoubtedly adopt similar laws soon, if they haven't already).
> other Five Eyes members will undoubtedly adopt similar laws soon, if they haven't already Exactly. For those getting wound up over this in other western countries - Australia is often used as a testing ground for this kind of legislation. It will be your country next.
I didn't know that. Can you mention any notable examples?
If you're wondering why this kind of thing happens all the time in Australia, the late Donald Horne summed it up beautifully in the 1960s: "Australia is a lucky country run mainly by second rate people who share its luck" [1] Australia has many intelligent, brilliant people. For some reason, the design of our political system results in almost none of them getting into Government. This awful, fundamentally flawed law…
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According to Sect 317C, a "designated communications provider" includes: A person is a designated communications provider if ... 6. the person develops, supplies or updates software used, for use, or likely to be used, in connection with: (a) a listed carriage service; or (b) an electronic service that has one or more end-users in Australia ... and the eligible activities of the person are ... (a) the development by…
Wait... would this also apply to foreign developers who travel to Australia for their vacation?