Oh well, at least they recognized they're *private* computer
systems and not part of some fairy tale "public internet".
At 09:07 AM 11/30/99 +1200, you wrote:
>
>http://www.newswire.com.au/9911/asio.htm
>
>Excerpt:
>
>Parliament has passed laws that allow the Australian Security Intelligence
> Organisation (ASIO) to tap into and alter data on private computer systems.
>
> The ASIO Amendment Bill 1999 passed the Senate yesterday, giving
> federal authorities the power to tap into private computer systems for
> surveillance purposes. This is the first time in 13 years a major change has
> been made to the ASIO Act 1979.
>********
>
>
>--Joop Teernstra LL.M.-- , bootstrap of
>the Cyberspace Association,
>the constituency for Individual Domain Name Owners
>http://www.idno.org (or direct:)
>http://www.democracy.org.nz/idno/
>
>
>
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