[mrkeen]

Australia still requires metadata collection and storage for all telcos and ISPs.

Remember the phrase "metadata isn't data"?

If it's your metadata, collection and storage is mandated. If it's their metadata, they send in the police to put a stop to it.

[Simulacra]

I think this is sort of a broad-spectrum feeling among many of the elite, government, etc. They want to know everything about you, but how dare you question anything about them. I'm not talking about flight tracking, I think that's a different subject, but the lead attitude around information is a serious problem.