The real problem
The real problem here is that national standards bodies have never been attuned to defining standards that are for the benefit of the populace, but only for the benefit of industry since they consist of committees where industry is found. IT standards are the only ones to date where this actually matters and the national standards oversight has not realised this yet. The only way, IMHO, to stop the present abuse is to complain to each and every national standards body to ask for their reasoning in accepting this standard and getting them to justify it with reference to the general well-being of their nation through the _users_ of the standard. Freedom of Information acts, etc. may help here to flush out the truth.
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Biting the hand that feeds IT
