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Australia Taps More Phones Than Entire U.S.

Posted by timothy on from the speak-up-mate dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Last year Australian authorities tapped more phones all United States authorities combined. Australian phones were tapped at 20 times the rate of phones in the US according to this article in the Sydney Morning herald. The fact was revealed during a debate in the Australian parliament. The government is attempting to pass new legislation to to make it even easier for the country's domestic spy agency ASIO to tap phones." Update: 09/16 14:07 GMT by T : Julian Assange writes "The Australian is also running the story and has better stats." Thanks for the link.

3 of 234 comments (clear)

  1. Pathetic looser by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Pathetic,

    you have to be pathetic patriotic to be the first to be rewarded with a non-zero score on slashdot nowadays.

    I'm happy not to be a pathetic moron living in a pathetic country...

  2. Aren't Australians All Descended From Criminals? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Clearly, wrongdoer blood still flows thick in Aussie veins. Their government is right to keep a close eye on them. I don't trust any of those people myself. New Zealand is a far more civilized place.

  3. Re:This makes sense by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait
    Which fuckwit modded this "funny"?

    Americans wonder why the rest of the world hates them -- because you're self-righteous ignorant provincial racist pricks, as the above poster demonstrates.