Aussie Gov't Says Wiretap Laws Fine, Telcos 'Wrong'

Posted by timothy on Thursday November 11, 2010 @05:06PM from the honestly-what-are-you-worried-about dept.

mask.of.sanity writes "A top bureaucrat from the Australian Attorney-General's department has said telcos are wrong to complain about changes to the country's wiretapping laws, which will force them to report every product and network system change to law enforcement for approval, lest they affect the ability to intercept communications. The telcos argue there are simply too many products and network architecture changes to report and that it would become overbearing. It's the latest in a string of changes to communications law in the country, and comes as the government mulls data retention and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement."

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Re:Face meet palm by mysidia · 2010-11-11 18:58 · Score: 3, Interesting

"(Gubermint) Upgrade a router to a T1600? You want to do WHAT?"
Sorry, that's not on our list of approved $routers_whose_manufacturer_donated_the_most_to_our_campaign. You're going to have to use a Cisco 2600s for your core routing, just like all your competitors. In 5 or 6 years, we might let you upgrade to the ASR 1000, but the approval process is still in the early stages.