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I like and respect Fastmail. but... I live in Australia - and they're totally fucked by our laws and government policy. "The Australian Federal Police (AFP)
by bigiain 5y ago
I like and respect Fastmail.
but...
I live in Australia - and they're totally fucked by our laws and government policy.
"The Australian Federal Police (AFP) and Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) will now be able to access the computers and networks of those suspected of conducting criminal activity online, and even take over their online accounts covertly, under the Identify and Disrupt bill, which was passed by the Senate on Wednesday." -- https://www.innovationaus.com/extraordinary-new-hacking-powers-pass-parliament/ https://www.innovationaus.com/extraordinary-new-hacking-powe...
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"Amends: the Surveillance Devices Act 2004 and Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 to: introduce data disruption warrants to enable the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) to disrupt data by modifying, adding, copying or deleting data in order to frustrate the commission of serious offences online; and make minor technical corrections; " -- https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6623 https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislat...
- pseudalopex 5y agoThe question was if email providers have to choose misleading people about privacy or going out of business. Specifically about IP logs. Fastmail's privacy page says "Your data is for you and no one else".[1] So they do mislead about that. I didn't see anything about IP logs though. And Fastmail was just an example. [1] https://www.fastmail.com/privacy-and-security/ https://www.fastmail.com/privacy-and-security/