US-Australia Agreements Create Opportunities for Privacy Violation, Extradition

TheGift73 writes with a link to (and this excerpt from the beginning of) a brief description at TorrentFreak of recently signed agreements between the U.S. and Australia: "Figures.... File-sharing was firmly on the agenda when the head of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security touched down in the Australian capital last week. The four new agreements – promptly signed before Secretary Janet Napolitano flew back out of Canberra – were less about sharing season two of Game of Thrones and more about sharing the private, government held information of Australian citizens with U.S. authorities."

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Australians are pretty dang bad with this stuff

[metrix007]

Far worse than the stereotype of Americans here on /.

Australians tend to be gullible, and heavily rely on group think. If you think something other than the obvious what the media says, prepare to be insulted while patiently trying to articulate your point.

Most Australians would be OK with this because they will believe it is for the greater good and serves some purpose. If this is even on their radar. Historically they are more concerned with essentially inconsequential things like tuition increases or workchoices.

Written as an Aussie expat.

Re:Australians are pretty dang bad with this stuff

[AbRASiON]

As an Aussie - this guy is fairly right.
You can get us to whine a fair bit but as for actually doing anything? Simply unheard of. We're so screwed.

Why is the MEDIA MAFIA industry so damn important?

[cheekyboy]

Please, tell me.

The entire media industry is worth less than say the cpu industry. So why the closeness to congress and LEO friends?

How many other industries get such high up help in legal help.

Is it that corrupt and evil?

(I mean the govt, not the honest media industry)