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by roenxi 1349 days ago
But they do have to make it available to be accessed quickly and cheaply. Plus maybe the police have requirements that it can be accessed in bulk quickly and cheaply.

Anyway, point being, this is demanding Optus be good at something they never signed up for, don't want to be good at. It really sits with the government to decide how the data should be stored and to taxpayers to stump up the money to store it. Optus shouldn't be lumped with this sort of silly responsibility. They don't want it, don't need it and apparently aren't good at dealing with it.

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> But they do have to make it available to be accessed quickly and cheaply.

Define quickly, what does the rule say? Is a day not fast enough?

> Anyway, point being, this is demanding Optus be good at something they never signed up for, don't want to be good at.

They already should be good at protecting data. This is making them protect somewhat more important data than they otherwise would, but it's not demanding any new skills.