propsed new powers for law enforcement, a bit of a worry!

[Recharge]

a reminder about the National Security Legislation: It was noted on the news page one month ago, but it's worth noting again. Submissions close August 20 - Monday.

Submissions are due on the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security Inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation. They are seeking public submissions in response to reforms proposed increasing and expanding surveillance, collection, retention and access to digital communications and data, including mandatory recording by ISPs of all Internet activity by their customers and storage of these logs for two years, making it a criminal offence to refuse to decrypt data upon request by law enforcement, giving ASIO the power and right to ‘disrupt’ a target computer for the purpose of gaining access to it, or even access to ‘third party’ computers on the way to the target computers, and other changes designed to streamline and simplify the process of warrant acquisition to authorise surveillance and acquisition of communications and data.

You can read more here:
Inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation | Australian Policy Online
Govt blocks surveillance inquiry extension | Delimiter
Data trail easy to follow for Big Brother

The Australian Greens Party (whether you agree with them or not) have a prewritten submission you can edit here:
National Security Legislation Inquiry Submission | Greens MPs

Please make your voice heard. This is very important legislation and the inquiry needs to hear the voice of the public.

pretty loosely worded proposals here, just how much personal security should we have to give up in the pursuit of "national security"?

where they can access your data or computer without warrant, without real cause and hold every single phone call, email, chat and anything else you use to communicate for two years, any idea just how MUCH data that is? how much that's going to raise your bills every month to cover the truly MASSIVE server rooms they'll have to set up to achieve this? (we're talking entire multi story buildings full of hard drives in data arrays for each and every ISP and phone company) it's mind numbingly crazy.

If you feel strongly about this (and you really should!) click the last link and fill in the form.

 

[jahan]

the power and right to ‘disrupt’ a target computer for the purpose of gaining access to it, or even access to ‘third party’ computers on the way to the target computers,

They already do that.