"Musty Bits" McGeeFraser Twedale now on government security by obscurity #CrikeyCon #CrikeyCon11
Required or inconvenienced if not using government apps - no transparency. Disclosure of the source code is required to being risk levels to tolerable #CrikeyCon #CrikeyCon11
Freedom on information laws exist in aus and around the world. State version exists also - sometimes called right to information #CrikeyCon #CrikeyCon11
Open Australia operate right to know website - which supports FOI requests. #CrikeyCon #CrikeyCon11
Federal FOI requests free, state ones usually charge #CrikeyCon #CrikeyCon11
Escalation oath for denied FOIs is long - appeals and reviews and reviews of reviews 😵💫 #CrikeyCon #CrikeyCon11
Oh joy, the highest levels exposure you to having to pay government court costs #CrikeyCon #CrikeyCon11
Policy and advice are clear - transparency is more important than secrecy #CrikeyCon #CrikeyCon11
Shitty though it was, covid safe app was devlooed in the open and publicly found security issues were collaboratively remediated #CrikeyCon #CrikeyCon11