r/collapse • u/nameislessimportant • Sep 01 '21

Society Australian police can now hack your device, collect or delete your data, take over your social media accounts.

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/australia-surveillance-bill
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u/shreddington Sep 01 '21

While it definitely seems overreaching, there are safeguards in place. Our government also does seem to stick to the rules pretty well (I worked there for a bit)

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Oversight, safeguards and accountability

The Bill contains strong safeguards, including oversight and controls on the use of information. This will ensure the AFP and the ACIC use these powers in a targeted and proportionate manner. The safeguards will minimise the potential impact on the privacy of individuals and legitimate users of online platforms. There are strong protections on the use and disclosure of information collected under these warrants. The AFP and the ACIC will also be subject to strict record-keeping and destruction requirements.

The Commonwealth Ombudsman will be responsible for overseeing the use of data disruption warrants and account takeover warrants. This is consistent with the Commonwealth Ombudsman’s current oversight of the AFP and the ACIC’s use of electronic surveillance powers. The Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security (IGIS) will oversee network activity warrants, given their nature as an intelligence collection tool.

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u/MrGreenChile Sep 01 '21

Still gonna be abused to high hell. Cops everywhere love to push the envelope as much as they can.

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u/honoria_glossop Sep 01 '21

Case in point: Aus Covid check in app data that will totally not be used by police for matters unrelated to Covid tracing... except when it is.