And yesterday Australia announced that it will be pushing ahead with an ISP level data retention scheme in the name of fighting terrorism [0]. This is after las

And yesterday Australia announced that it will be pushing ahead with an ISP level data retention scheme in the name of fighting terrorism [0]. This is after last year explicitly asking for feedback on the proposal to retain Australian's internet history, and receiving countless concerned letters from the community (along with security agencies who were pushing for data retention) [1]. I suspect in a decade or so that we will also have a similar chart as this post [2]. [0] - http://www.zdnet.com/abbott-brings-on-mandatory-data-retention-in-australia-7000032324/ http://www.zdnet.com/abbott-brings-on-mandatory-data-retenti... [1] - http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/House_of_Representatives_Committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/report.htm http://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Committees/Hous... [2] - Only an order of magnitude smaller due to our population difference.