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AU Government Censors Document On Planned Web Snooping

Posted by kdawson on from the trust-us-on-the-other-ninety-percent dept.

MrPPS writes "The Australian Government plans to force ISPs to record and retain all citizens' communications traffic. The Sydney Morning Herald requested that the proposed policy documents be released under Freedom of Information laws. What they received was a document that was 90% censored, in order to prevent 'premature unnecessary debate.' More discussion on the Greyhat Security site. Here is the redacted document (PDF, 3.6 MB)."

5 of 169 comments (clear)

  1. AILARTSUA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    In Soviet Australia, every Party except the Sex Party wants to Fuck you.

    1. Re:AILARTSUA by ultranova · · Score: 2, Funny

      Australian Government: By the Convicts, For the Convicts.

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    2. Re:AILARTSUA by heathen_01 · · Score: 2, Funny

      I'm having trouble seeing what you fixed...

  2. Storage vendors are jumping up and down with glee by nurb432 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Can you imagine the cost of complying with 'recording all customers traffic'?

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  3. Re:Text Recovery? by orkysoft · · Score: 2, Funny

    Just make up whatever you want it to say. What, are they going to deny that that's what it said? Didn't think so.

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