a meta (meta)data story
what is metadata?
what is this metadata?
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
Who?
The Government (but it affects us all)
What?
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015
When?
March 2015 for October 2015 start
Where?
Australia (but all around the world, really)
Why?
Terrorists (but not really)
a) the type of communication;
Examples: Voice, SMS, email, chat, forum, social media.
b) the type of the relevant service;
Examples: ADSL, Wi-Fi, VoIP, cable, GPRS, VoLTE, LTE.
c) the features of the relevant service that were, or would have been, used by or enable for the communication.
Examples: call waiting, call forwarding, data volume usage.
Is data about data still just data?
complexity
are journalists special?
audience response
elvery.net
@drzax
…questions?
A meta (meta)data story
By Simon Elvery
A meta (meta)data story
A presentation to UQ communications students on telecommunications data-retention. [Credits](https://github.com/drzax/talk-metadata-uq/blob/master/readme.md#image-credits)
