3 ms·
You won't get any argument from me that those things are bad. They're total rubbish and I'm still pissed that my local member voted for metadata retention and d
by fphhotchips 6y ago
You won't get any argument from me that those things are bad. They're total rubbish and I'm still pissed that my local member voted for metadata retention and data access laws from the opposition bench. That said, they wouldn't be able to if the majority of Australians didn't trust the government enough. There's been an election since those laws were passed.
- 0xy 6y agoMetadata retention has already been repeatedly abused, including by police and intelligence who use it to spy on girlfriends and random civilians. I don't hear any parties talking about it (because they don't care and issued full-throated endorsements of the practices). In Australia, both parties sell you down a river and tell you they're the best party because of some irrelevant policy minutiae, meanwhile supporting war crimes and the evisceration of the IT industry and our rights.