Yeah just replace Poland with liberty. On 27 Mar 2015 15:37, "Tom Rutter" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I don't know about "at least it was nice to see Libs and Labs finally > cooperate on something, anything". That's like Hitler and Stalin agreeing > on something. > > On Fri, Mar 27, 2015 at 12:44 PM, Greg Keogh <[email protected]> wrote: > >> So the bill has passed, opposed by everyone but the two major parties. Oh >> well, it's not all bad, as at least it was nice to see Libs and Labs >> finally cooperate on something, anything, and I'm sure they know what's >> best for us! Now, I don't want my metadata, or anything tracked by the >> government, and perhaps there are others in here who feel the same way. >> Senator Ian McDonald said that if you have nothing to hide then you having >> nothing to worry about, but I would urge him to go to Brandis' bookshelves >> and look for a book on the 20th history of Europe to see if that changes >> his mind. >> >> There are many overlapping questions here ... Exactly what is being >> stored? Who stores the metadata where? How is the data protected? Who can >> access it? How much will it cost the end users? >> >> I learned in a radio interview this week that metadata for offshore >> webmail accounts like Gmail and Hotmail cannot be retained by Australian >> ISPs (I hope this is true). I presume that Australian officials will have >> to jump through unchanged hoops to request information about such accounts >> and activity, and I hope these hoops are reasonably narrow. >> >> I'm not sure if they're planning to retain web browsing data, does anyone >> know? If so, rumours have it that using a foreign VPN is the easiest way >> around this. If so again, is it not too much of a burden to setup and run? >> >> I reckon it would be cheaper if the Australian government just paid for a >> live data fed from Facebook and Google, as they already know more about us >> than the NSA. >> >> TGIF, Greg >> > >
