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I recommend reading the actual law before panicking. The article is pretty exaggerated. There is still judicial oversight to protect you from abuse, making this
by 8372049 5y ago
I recommend reading the actual law before panicking. The article is pretty exaggerated. There is still judicial oversight to protect you from abuse, making this the same as most other laws in most western democracies.
https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display.w3p;db=LEGISLATION;id=legislation%2Fbills%2Fr6623_aspassed%2F0001;query=Id%3A%22legislation%2Fbills%2Fr6623_aspassed%2F0000%22 https://parlinfo.aph.gov.au/parlInfo/search/display/display....
- dalmo3 5y ago> There is still ... You're probably right. Although seeing it in context, those news coming from Australia suggest a very slippery slope where "There is still ..." might not be true sometime soon. On the one hand it could be negativity bias, on the other hand there's also the fear Australia is being used as an experiment and the rest of the Five Eyes will follow suit.
- 8372049 5y agoThat is quite possibly the case, and we should never cease to be vigilant. But that said, we were worried about the same slippery slope 20 years ago, and at least in my country it is less worrisome now than then. It seems to me that Australia is lagging behind more than being an experiment, considering they're still talking about encryption laws etc. But perhaps the US is as well?