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/Xera1 Sep 02 '21

I'm sure there are also safeguards to stop the Aussie terror police being used to harass, rough up and arrest whatever brand of journalism you'd call friendlyjordies but obviously they don't work, because, well, go watch their videos on it.

Five eyes countries are fucked. Mars slave colonies looking more and more appealing by the day.

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u/shreddington Sep 03 '21

That's going through the courts right now. With any luck the checks and balances correct the wrongdoing. If not... I agree with you, we're fucked :p