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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