Commandeering Australian citizens to become spies

Re:Commandeering Australian citizens to become spies by celticninja on Thursday December 06, 2018 @08:06PM (#18624217)

But now you have a dozen or more people who know what's happening and we all know, three people can keep a secret if two of them are dead.

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Re:Commandeering Australian citizens to become spies by marcus_holmes on Thursday December 06, 2018 @09:26PM (#18624618)

I'm not sure the point is actually to keep it secret, but (as with all government "services") to cover the arse.

Also, if you were an employee in a company in this situation, and you'd been told that the security of the nation depended on your silence, and more to the point, you'd be locked up and your career ruined if you went public, what would you do? Whistleblowers are pretty rare, because the consequences of doing that are huge.

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Re:Commandeering Australian citizens to become spies by alfiedotwtf on Saturday December 08, 2018 @08:28PM (#18638666)

It also applies to former employees. Yes, you can be asked to hack into previous job's systems

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