US agencies are grappling with the same technological challenges as British and Australian agencies but have the advantage of being able to act beyond the law.
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Data retention divergence as US, UK mull mass surveillance
The UK and US appear to have diverged on the issue of internet surveillance, and that has serious implications for the efforts of Australia’s security establishment to impose data retention.
READ MOREDanby and Sheridan hammer home an own-goal for data retention
A national security committee member’s poor judgment has inflicted serious damage on the push for data retention by Australia’s security agencies.
READ MORE‘Banality of evil’: new documents lift the veil on data retention
New documents shed light on the enthusiasm of the Attorney-General’s Department to move forward with (and think large on) data retention, and the resistance it encountered from industry.
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Cybersecurity (and cyberbureaucracy) key for PM’s blueprint
The government’s new National Security Strategy employs the same hysteria about cybersecurity that we’ve seen from other governments.
READ MORENational security inquiry delay to put data retention on hold
A key inquiry into controversial national security reforms like data retention will miss its reporting deadline. And the Attorney-General’s Department only has itself to blame.
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Assembling the building blocks of global net regulation
It’s become clear that the Australian government is working to launch an international attack on online privacy.
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Revealed: who the govt spoke with on data retention plans
The appearance of the Attorney-General’s Department at an inquiry into national security reforms has revealed some disturbing insights into its proposal to retain internet data.
READ MOREData definitions in the spotlight as A-G dept fronts inquiry
There is still confusion about what data would be retained under the federal government’s highly contentious data retention proposals — and it arises from the government itself.
READ MOREHow not to launch a public debate, by the A-G’s Department
Several months after the Attorney-General initiated an inquiry on data retention, we finally got a definition of “data” this week. It’s all a bit of a shambles.
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Can govts ever discuss cybersecurity without going over the top?
Occasionally, someone in government can talk about cybersecurity without becoming hysterical. But it’s rare.
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Roxon clarifies draconian data retention plans
The Attorney-General has responded to growing complaints about the ill-defined nature of the data retention proposals currently being considered by the Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security.
READ MOREFaulkner attacks vague national security proposals
A key member of the parliamentary committee examining new national security proposals around data retention has hit out at the vague nature of Nicola Roxon’s proposals.
READ MOREWhat is the government up to on Australia’s internet kill switch?
The government’s national security proposals may raise the prospect of a return to an issue settled in 2003. If only we could be sure …
READ MORENational security laws: the ‘balance’ that only ever tips one way
The concept of “balance” repeatedly invoked by politicians on national security — while extending the powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies, curbing the rights of Australians — is flawed.
READ MORENational security hysteria, the fastest-growing crime in Aust
Wild claims about cybercrime are a key tool in inflating spending on cybersecurity and expanding the powers of governments, like the latest proposal for two-year data retention.
READ MOREHypothetical: news from a national security future
We already know what could happen if proposals to dramatically extend surveillance and intelligence-gathering powers are allowed to proceed.
READ MOREWar on privacy: committee sends Roxon back to drawing board
Nicola Roxon’s efforts to establish a process for expanding national security powers has suffered a hiccup, with the powerful Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security asking her to redraft it.
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