https://www.zdnet.com/article/whats-actually-in-australias-e...
Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Bill:
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-32061421
Peter Dutton's proposed "give me your password" law:
https://www.sydneycriminallawyers.com.au/blog/peter-dutton-p...
> Under the proposals, people who are not even suspected of a crime would face a fine of up to $50,000 and up to five years’ imprisonment for declining to provide a password to their smartphone, computer or other electronic devices.
> Furthermore, anyone (an IT professional, for example) who refuses to help the authorities crack a computer system when ordered will face up to five years in prison. If the crime being investigated is terrorism-related then the penalty for non-compliance increases to 10 years in prison and/or a $126,000 fine.
> Tech companies who refuse to assist authorities to crack encryption when asked to do so, will face up to $10 million in fines. What’s more, if any employee of the company tells anyone else they have been told to do this, they will face up to five years in gaol.
Dutton is an ultra conservative border protector type, don’t expect all his proposals to pass.
How many DEFCons and CCC conferences do you have to go to before you hear a rubber hose cryptography joke?
Dan Greer’s realpolitik talk in 2015 mentions that cyber security is all aggression little defence. If it were a soccer game it would be 421-420 at the 20minute mark. The best of the best in the US struggle with this stuff behind closed doors, seeing Australia take the flak in public is fine, but don’t pretend US and UK are innocent. These proposals are not the leading edge of privacy invasion.
Not to mention rushing through privacy destroying laws citing "Islamist terrorism, paedophile networks and organised crime". If you are who I think you are you're probably more knowledgable of the particular 2018 law than me.
And now they're "rushing out" an app that is intended to track everyone in the country's precise location and who they interact with? I'll wait for the source thank you.
The gov only has themselves to blame for this reputation.
Apple and Google are releasing official APIs for this, we're doing amazingly well in Australia, can it not wait a week?
> Remind them how little time they think before they download dozens of free, adware crap games that are likely far worse for their data & privacy than this ever would be!
Isn't it an interesting point that these people would rather trust foreign companies they've never heard of with their location, rather than their own gov?
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2016/jul/29/austr...
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-09/abs-website-inaccessi...
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/22/pay-t...
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20181208/14440541184/austr...