1.0Gizmodo Australiahttps://gizmodo.com.aucampbellsimpsonhttps://gizmodo.com.au/author/campbellsimpson/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="zeMuiXCRtF"><a href="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/this-week-in-your-metadata-government-wants-it-telcos-dont-mind/">This Week In Your Metadata: Government Wants It, Telcos Don’t Mind</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://gizmodo.com.au/2015/01/this-week-in-your-metadata-government-wants-it-telcos-dont-mind/embed/#?secret=zeMuiXCRtF" width="600" height="338" title="“This Week In Your Metadata: Government Wants It, Telcos Don’t Mind” — Gizmodo Australia" data-secret="zeMuiXCRtF" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> A Federal Government committee met in Canberra yesterday and today to talk about mandatory retention of your telecommunications metadata for (at least) two years, bringing in telecommunications companies and industry groups to share their thoughts and to face grilling from a line-up of senators and MPs. The general gist? It looks like the data retention […]