- From: David Singer <singer@apple.com>
- Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2011 10:36:03 -0700
- To: Robin Berjon <robin@berjon.com>
- Cc: "public-privacy (W3C mailing list)" <public-privacy@w3.org>
On Apr 8, 2011, at 2:36 , Robin Berjon wrote: > On Apr 7, 2011, at 01:25 , David Singer wrote: >> France: >> <http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12983734> > > Note that this article makes it sound like it's mostly Facebook and Google challenging this law, the truth is that it is representative of a broad consensus in the French internet community. This is a stupid law. It's obviously bizarre to require that passwords be kept. But this is an example of an interesting collision in this space: it seems that governments simultaneously want to pass laws that (a) respect privacy and restrict what data may be collected and retained, and (b) respect law-enforcement and mandate the gathering and retention of data. It is a tension that we need to be aware of, I think. David Singer Multimedia and Software Standards, Apple Inc.
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