A couple of articles from The Age, confirming what most of us probably suspected.
<http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/telstras-data-vacuum-20131205-2yucb.html> Telstra's data 'vacuum' Date December 6, 2013 Philip Dorling Australia's leading telecommunications company, Telstra, has installed highly advanced surveillance systems to "vacuum" the telephone calls, texts, social media messages and internet metadata of millions of Australians so that information can be filtered and given to intelligence and law enforcement agencies. The Australian government's electronic espionage agency, the Australian Signals Directorate, is using the same technology to harvest data flows carried by undersea fibre-optic cables in and out of Australia. ... <http://www.theage.com.au/technology/technology-news/forget-the-needle-take-the-haystack-20131206-2yudy.html> Forget the needle, take the haystack Date December 6, 2013 - 8:18AM Edward Snowden's revelations about government survelliance have shocked the world. Here, Philip Dorling reveals how Telstra is using the latest technology to take your emails, texts and phone calls and hand them over the nation's spy agencies. ... -- David Boxall | Dogs look up to us | And cats look down on us http://david.boxall.id.au | But pigs treat us as equals --Winston Churchill _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
