Karl writes,
> .. believing that hiding the code will somehow protect the
> system is dangerously, foolishly naive. Three words that pretty well
> sum up the Australian Government's when it comes to large-scale IT.
>
>.. I have no faith whatsoever in the Government's ability to do anything
>
On Sat, 2020-05-09 at 12:15 +, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> Yes well, to me it might seem normal to at least wait till after the
> first update to release/publish source code?
If this were medicine, would you see it as appropriate to have
administered the first 5 million doses to the public at
On 2020-05-09 21:39, Roger Clarke wrote:
> It can be safely assumed that sanitisation has occurred before release.
> No dead dogs, or dog-kicking apparatus, are likely to be found.
On 2020-05-09 21:09, Stephen Loosley wrote:
> On the other hand, and as promised, they have released the source
Roger writes,
> "released ... fairly speedily"??? 13 days after release, after
> 5m downloads and attempted installations??? Frankly, I
>*wasn't* all that suspicious. But 13 days?
Yes well, to me it might seem normal to at least wait till after the first
update to release/publish source
All in all the government doesn't seem to be pushing people very hard
to download and use it [The App] or pinning its hopes on the thing.
On 9/5/20 9:09 pm, Stephen Loosley wrote:
... Perhaps the government is feeling nervous after the NBN, RoboDebt, the
Census, the medical records initiative,
On 2020-05-08 16:22, Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
> In fact most of the scripted propaganda/adverts re COVIDSafe has come from
> Professor Murphy, not the politicians
>
> All in all the government doesn't seem to be pushing people very hard to
> download and use it [The App] or pinning its
