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I feel like Telecom may have been boosting the numbers a bit there to try and make the law seem extra bad for them; all they should really have to do is forward
by Nition 10y ago
I feel like Telecom may have been boosting the numbers a bit there to try and make the law seem extra bad for them; all they should really have to do is forward a letter.
- MichaelGG 10y agoIf they didn't already have a database in place of which IPs assigned to which customers during which times, they'd need to set that up. Software dev isn't cheap. Maintenance isn't cheap. They need to write up a procedure on how to handle these notices. They have to verify they're valid (i.e. not just a prank or malicious action). Compliance costs can add up.
- xupybd 10y agoAlso never underestimate the costs incurred by sufficiently bloated bureaucracy.
- lostlogin 10y agoYou've worked for a university too?
- vacri 10y agoWell said. These things, especially at the government/enterprise level, aren't just a quick and dirty forwarding rule on your mailserver. It's got to be written up, vetted by legal, documented so knowledge transfers through staff transfer, so on and so forth. The action is simple, but implementation is not.