> >"Warrantless Aussie surveillance requests were nearly 300,000 last year" > >For 20 million of us that's *one person in every 66 spied on* and > >without a warrant. One in 66 equals six Linkers. What a bunch of privacy > >perverts. > > 'Internet surveillance' may involve a single individual (person > fetches content from a source not under suspicion) or two people. > 'Telephone surveillance' involves two. > > Let's average it out and say that there are 1.5 individuals per linkage. > > (And let's assume a 'surveillance request' involves a single target. > Although my memory is that circumstances exist in which n > 1). > > So, conservatively, we're up to 9 linkers. > > I think that's far too few, given the stirrers that float around this > space!
Haha, all true. And good on our Senate souls for thinking the same about this, and, passing their motion for a Senate Committee to investigate it. ___________________________________________________________________________ > > >Inquiry to Examine Australian Internet, Phone Surveillance > > > >By Ben Grubb December 13, 2013 > ><http://www.smh.com.au/it-pro/government-it/inquiry-to-examine- australian- > >internet-phone-surveillance-20131212-hv5j8.html> > > > > > >A Senate committee will examine internet and telephone surveillance by law > >enforcement and security agencies after Labor backed a Greens motion for an > >inquiry on Thursday. > > > >The motion was passed after several recent unsuccessful attempts to launch > >similar inquiries. > > > >It was not supported by the government. > > > >Greens communications spokesman Scott Ludlam said the inquiry would break > >"the complicity of silence about surveillance in Australia". > > > >It would also open up an opportunity for Australian experts, agencies and > >individuals to participate in "a conversation of what surveillance is > >necessary and proportionate". > > > >The committee will be charged with a comprehensive review of the > >Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Act 1979 in reference to > >recommendations of a 2008 report conducted by the Australian Law Reform > >Commission titled "For Your Information: Australian Privacy Law and > >Practice". Ref: <http://www.alrc.gov.au/publications/report-108> > > > >It will also examine recommendations from a report tabled earlier this year > >by the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security. That > >inquiry was tasked with examining more than 40 potential reforms of > >Australia's national security legislation. > > > >Ref<http://www.aph.gov.au/parliamentary_business/committees/house_of_repre s > >entatives_committees?url=pjcis/nsl2012/report.htm> > > > >"A review of the deeply flawed Telecommunications (Interception and Access) > >Act is well overdue," Senator Ludlam said. > > > >"Amended no less than 45 times since the events of 11 September 2001, it is > >the tool used to bug and snoop on Australians." > > > >Senator Ludlam noted that since 2007, warrantless surveillance of > >Australians through access to telecommunications data has been possible, > >with requests of nearly 300,000 in the past financial year. > > > >Ref: <http://www.smh.com.au/technology/technology-news/access-to- private- > >net-phone-use-up-by-20--without-warrants-20121130-2amwp.html> > > > >"Since the revelations of Edward Snowden, the Senate has repeatedly voted > >to avoid knowing what is going on until today, failing in its primary duty > >as a parliament." > > > >Cheers, > >Stephen > > > >Message sent using MelbPC WebMail Server > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > >Link mailing list > >[email protected] > >http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link > > -- > Roger Clarke http://www.rogerclarke.com/ > > Xamax Consultancy Pty Ltd 78 Sidaway St, Chapman ACT 2611 AUSTRALIA > Tel: +61 2 6288 6916 http://about.me/roger.clarke > mailto:[email protected] http://www.xamax.com.au/ > > Visiting Professor in the Faculty of Law University of N.S.W. > Visiting Professor in Computer Science Australian National University > _______________________________________________ > Link mailing list > [email protected] > http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link Message sent using MelbPC WebMail Server _______________________________________________ Link mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
