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TPFKA@W
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The new Australian police state

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https://www.bollyinside.com/news/the-au ... become-law

The Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 (Identify and Disrupt Bill) passed both houses of federal parliament on 25 August 2021. The new legislation extends the power of law enforcement agencies to identify and disrupt suspected online criminal activity through the provision of three new warrants.

Modify or delete the data of suspected offenders (data disruption warrants);

The new warrants provide the Australian Federal Police and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission with the power to:

Collect intelligence on criminal networks (network activity warrants), and

Anyone required to assist with government hacking is protected from civil liability. However, anyone who refuses to comply can face up to 10 years’ imprisonment.

Take control of a suspected offenders’ online account (account takeover warrants).

Online criminal networks are evolving rapidly with the use of anonymising technology – making the detection of serious online crime near impossible. Encrypted applications such as Discord have stated that approximately 536 verified dealers sold $100,000+ of illegal substances/stolen goods in one week, despite Discord’s “zero-tolerance” approach to illegal activity.

On the other hand, the Office of the Australian Information Commissioner (OAIC) previously warned that the new warrant powers could adversely impact the privacy of a large number of individuals – including those with no suspected involvement in criminal activity.

The complexity of online crime makes it increasingly necessary for law enforcement agencies to level the playing field, identify suspected criminal activity and intercept that activity before it is actioned. However, proportionate consideration of individual privacy rights has created a lively debate in the passage of the legislation thus far. The Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2021 is now awaiting Royal Assent.

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privacy? Google, Amazon, Facebook, Tweet, Apple are already selling everything you post, Or at a minimum inspecting it to see if they can monetize your data somehow. Have you ever actually read the privacy agreement with Apple, or even your credit card company?

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True, but the government getting their hands on the data could result in much worse consequences, which is why we generally place restrictions on what the government can legally do to collect data and/or how it can be used.

Of course, in some places Google, et al. sell or otherwise provide data to the governments, which is a double threat.

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Will look into it. (I'll ask a woman who knows.)
“If you trust in yourself, and believe in your dreams, and follow your star. . . you'll still get beaten by people who spent their time working hard and learning things and weren't so lazy.”

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OK, but be careful; Big Brother might well be watching

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