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AU Government Censors Document On Planned Web Snooping
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)."
Yeah! I like to smell its feet..
Who is this guy? It appears he's with the Greens... What the hell is wrong with them to let somebody like this in the party? Looks like the Greens should be tossed into the dustbin with the others.. I never did trust them considering the strange bedfellows they hang with... I sure as hell would never vote for them.. I hope nobody else does.
For justice, we must go to Don Corleone
Umm, you mean like Nancy "We need to pass the bill so you know what's in it" Pelosi on health care? Because, I mean...
The World Wide Web is dying. Soon, we shall have only the Internet.
I feel bad replying to a troll at all, but you're dreaming about the "start packing your bags" stuff.
I remember a story a few years ago saying congressional approval levels are always dismally low and yet historically about 90% of congressmen are re-elected. Why? Because the majority of people absolutely hate Congress but think their personal representatives are doing a pretty good job. Even in the Democrats' "sweeping victory" in the 2008 elections when everybody was beyond fed up with Bush and the Republicans, only 31 (voting) seats changed hands in the US House of Representatives. For those who don't know American politics, all 435 voting seats were up for re-election. 92.18% re-election rate. That's not to say there wasn't a strong consequence, of course, since the Democrats became the majority party in both houses and controlled the White House -- but it's still a small amount of change overall.
I wish I could find a source, but I honestly don't even know what I'd be searching for since "Congressional approval ratings" obviously won't get the job done. The data from the 2008 election was from Wikipedia.