Talking digital metadata on 3RRR’s Spoke

08 May 2014 in Conversations, Internet, Media, Politics, Privacy by Stilgherrian | Permalink

I always enjoy the opportunity to explain some of the subtleties of the politics behind the digital surveillance debate, so I was glad to get the chance to discuss the concept of “metadata” on Melbourne’s 3RRR this week.

This interview with Michelle Bennett on Spoke is from Tuesday 6 May, and we cover much the same ground as in two of my recent pieces for ZDNet Australia, It’s time that ‘metadata’ met an end and Plibersek loses our privacy in a haystack of envelopes, both first published in March.

I was very pleased that the 18-minute conversation wandered through some of the grey areas. It was neither tinfoil-hat “surveillance is bad” nor simplistic “we must fight the terrorists”. Thanks, Michelle.

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 18:24 — 12.9MB)

The audio is ©2014 Triple R Broadcasters Ltd. Over at their website you can listen to the full program.

Tags: 3rrr, george brandis, metadata, michelle bennett, radio, spoke, surveillance, tanya-plibersek

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