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Australian government posts 1,000 requests for citizens' metadata each day
- BLKNSLVR 8y agoThis is precisely the issue that was raised by anyone with enough knowledge to accurately describe metadata prior to the legislation being implemented. This metadata retention, in combination with the encryption-breaking legislation being currently put in front of parliament, shows the Australian government (both sides, given the lack of resistance from the opposition) as some kind of data-worshipping paranoiacs. It makes me feel that Australia, due to its steretypical laid-back attitude and disinterest in politics, is being used as the tip of the spear for other countries (5-eyes members primarily) to use as precedent for implementing their own such surveillance states. References: George Brandis "explaining" metadata: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbtgULCY5zk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbtgULCY5zk Article from 2014 about risk of scope creep for the metadata retention laws: https://www.itnews.com.au/news/metadata-laws-open-to-scope-creep-lawyers-398971 https://www.itnews.com.au/news/metadata-laws-open-to-scope-c... (December 2014) What metadata retention looks like: https://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2015/02/19/4183553.htm https://www.abc.net.au/technology/articles/2015/02/19/418355...