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Digital Rights Watch has more information and a submission system to help people write their feedback to the government: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2018/

Digital Rights Watch has more information and a submission system to help people write their feedback to the government: https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2018/08/19/defend-encryption/ https://digitalrightswatch.org.au/2018/08/19/defend-encrypti...

femto 8y ago
What the parent doesn't explicitly mention is that there is a government inquiry open RIGHT NOW. You have to get your submissions in by 10th of September (5 days time). Every Australian here needs to make a submission (please). The parent's link, allows you to post a boilerplate submission with a single click. Far better to write and email your own submission, as form letters tend to get aggregated into one during evaluation. Your own submission only has to be a few lines, even if it just paraphrases a form submission. Uniqueness counts over bulk submissions. The page for the inquiry is: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistance-and-access-bill-2018 https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistanc... The email address for submissions is: AssistanceBill.Consultation@homeaffairs.gov.au Less time critically, you also need to write to or call your federal MP, but I'd suggest that a personal submission to the inquiry is the most "bang for buck".
- lsh 8y ago
  that was really helpful, thank you. Feedback submitted
- almccann 8y ago
  After some calling around it seems this Bill has originated from Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton MP. His office number is 02 6277 7860.
ObsoleteNerd 8y ago
This video they made is absolutely hilarious, and shows just how un-hilarious and fucked up these proposed changes are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-OMR-iWOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-OMR-iWOE
- adrian_mrd 8y ago
  "Reasonable and Appropriate" indeed. Funny how satirical pieces like these oft act as the best ways for the general public to understand the scope of proposed changes by a government (or lobbying efforts by companies or NGOs) - see also John Oliver, Colbert, et al.
  - touristtam 8y ago
    I just wish for another cassetteboy video, and yearswipe.
- pdkl95 8y ago
  Speaking of The Juice Media, I recommend watching their last Rap News, "Fate of the INTERNET - Feat. Dan Bull"[1]. It does a very good job summarizing the power struggle over the internet. The real question’s not which one of these paths to chase; but whether you can pursue them all, in a balanced way, so that they keep each other in check with restraint without letting any one of them dominate. Decentralize and federate everything, and it becomes very difficult to even propose crap like this FVEY backdoor stupidity. If the protocol de facto forces everyone to act as peers instead of relying on central points of failure, abuse of power at any one point has limited reach. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzfxmKBz2g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzfxmKBz2g

femto 8y ago

What the parent doesn't explicitly mention is that there is a government inquiry open RIGHT NOW. You have to get your submissions in by 10th of September (5 days time). Every Australian here needs to make a submission (please). The parent's link, allows you to post a boilerplate submission with a single click. Far better to write and email your own submission, as form letters tend to get aggregated into one during evaluation. Your own submission only has to be a few lines, even if it just paraphrases a form submission. Uniqueness counts over bulk submissions. The page for the inquiry is: https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistance-and-access-bill-2018 https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/consultations/assistanc... The email address for submissions is: AssistanceBill.Consultation@homeaffairs.gov.au Less time critically, you also need to write to or call your federal MP, but I'd suggest that a personal submission to the inquiry is the most "bang for buck".

lsh 8y ago
that was really helpful, thank you. Feedback submitted
almccann 8y ago
After some calling around it seems this Bill has originated from Minister for Home Affairs Peter Dutton MP. His office number is 02 6277 7860.

ObsoleteNerd 8y ago

This video they made is absolutely hilarious, and shows just how un-hilarious and fucked up these proposed changes are: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-OMR-iWOE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-OMR-iWOE

adrian_mrd 8y ago
"Reasonable and Appropriate" indeed. Funny how satirical pieces like these oft act as the best ways for the general public to understand the scope of proposed changes by a government (or lobbying efforts by companies or NGOs) - see also John Oliver, Colbert, et al.
- touristtam 8y ago
  I just wish for another cassetteboy video, and yearswipe.
pdkl95 8y ago
Speaking of The Juice Media, I recommend watching their last Rap News, "Fate of the INTERNET - Feat. Dan Bull"[1]. It does a very good job summarizing the power struggle over the internet. The real question’s not which one of these paths to chase; but whether you can pursue them all, in a balanced way, so that they keep each other in check with restraint without letting any one of them dominate. Decentralize and federate everything, and it becomes very difficult to even propose crap like this FVEY backdoor stupidity. If the protocol de facto forces everyone to act as peers instead of relying on central points of failure, abuse of power at any one point has limited reach. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzfxmKBz2g https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fzzfxmKBz2g