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How "real" is this standard? I mean it seems to be set by the GCHQ motherland.
by higherpurpose 12y ago
How "real" is this standard? I mean it seems to be set by the GCHQ motherland.
- wongarsu 12y agoThe standard was created by the ISO JTC1/SC 27 Working Group 5 (Privacy and Identity Management). It seems like mostly an European effort, which certainly isn't limited to Great Britain. Europeans usually take privacy very seriously.
- peawee 12y agoExcept the European data privacy regulations don't seem to be too restrictive of law enforcement.
- Create 12y agoIn an interview Richard Stallman, head of the Free Software Foundation, said: Microsoft corrupted many members of ISO in order to win approval for its phony 'open' document format, OOXML. This was so governments that keep their documents in a Microsoft-only format can pretend that they are using 'open standards.' The government of South Africa has filed an appeal against the decision, citing the irregularities in the process. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardization_of_Office_Open_XML#Complaints_about_the_national_bodies_process http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Standardization_of_Office_Open_...