Australian Gov. May Force ISPs to Track Customers

[exfileme]

The Australian government may force ISPs to keep track of their customers' habits.

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[polly the parrot]

Sounds like Big Brother is getting more intrusive.

 

[nonxcarbonx]

That's horrifying.

 

[sliem]

In the year 2030, Australian government embraces communism.

 

[heroofspirits]

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]In the year 2030, Australian government embraces communism.[/citation]
+1 that is what i feel like is going to happen, and i don't mean to be racist or any thing but if we did do that, we might as well call us china 2 or something as there is already enough mings over here.

 

[jhansonxi]

If you're not using encryption and anonymity-providing services like Freenet and Tor, then assume you can and will be monitored.

 

[Pyroflea]

[citation][nom]sliem[/nom]In the year 2030, Australian government embraces communism.[/citation]

Couldn't have said it better myself. Hell, even Facism seems possible with these crazy bastards.

 

[joytech22]

Well i mean some of the laws and rules, why isn't there a "Edit" button in "Tom's Guide"? shouldn't it be under "Submit my comment"?

 

[joytech22]

Ah crap, as if we don't already have enough crap with our internet!
Some of the slowest net in the world, we get Capped for going over bandwidth quotas, our internet might be massively censored AND NOW our privacy is invaded because some idiot in a chair says so!

Also, we don't even have a 18+ for games, so some games don't even make it here, the law's and rules we abide by are stupid..

 

[littlec]

[citation][nom]joytech22[/nom]Well i mean some of the laws and rules, why isn't there a "Edit" button in "Tom's Guide"? shouldn't it be under "Submit my comment"?[/citation]
It's called "proofreading" you should try it

 

[cashews]

Advance Ausfailia Fair

 

[micky_lund]

[citation][nom]cashews[/nom]Advance Ausfailia Fair[/citation]
Aussie Aussie Aussie!!!!
OI OI OI!!!
its good to be Australian

 

[climber]

Anyone who does internet banking or buying anything... well the ISP's will keep that info too the government can get a hold of... nice... It's also a great way of figuring out who in society in the slightest way does not go along with government policies, morals, ethics, etc... usually dictated buy the most a'retentive folks... This truly is a society now where everyone is presumed guilty until reluctantly, eventually after serving time in jail, proven innocent.

 

[tonkatuffmofo]

This is what happens when you vote in a labor led hippie taskforce with no real experience at government and lacking the brains to pick it up on the fly.
In the space of two years we have gone from 10's of billions in surplus to tens of billions in bloody debt.
Global financial crisis my arse, Australia barely felt a tremble from it. (not saying other countries havnt)
We blew all that money and for what?
Now the experts are going to tax the living hell out of the mining sector. The one sector that kept us afloat and protected through this crisis.
The scary thing is not the tax itself but the way they are attempting to push it through in its present form.
Financial backing for resource projects and expansions dried up over night due to the uncertainty of the new tax regime. They havnt even implemented it but they killed all expansion overnight regardless.

The home insulation fiasco, the education revolution?

Now internet censorship looks likely and they are also going to track my browsing habits? Now I have to waste my time setting up a proxie to thwart the f%^kwits.

In all honesty I really do believe the only reason Rudd got in was because people were bored with Howard, he overstayed his welcome in a way I suppose. While I didnt agree with everything Howard did and I would suppose no one could agree with a leader all the time he knew where the line of democracy was drawn and didnt overstep it.

Oh and Rudd? Wheres my superfast broadband and the laptops for my schoolkids?

Rudd's gotta go, NOW,

end of political rant

 

[Marco925]

[citation][nom]littlec[/nom]It's called "proofreading" you should try it[/citation]
As if you're perfect.

 

[enzo matrix]

[citation][nom]climber[/nom]Anyone who does internet banking or buying anything... well the ISP's will keep that info too the government can get a hold of... nice...[/citation]
HTTPS

 

[shin0bi272]

Central planning... one of the tenants of socialism. Total government control... the ultimate aim of socialist style governments. Has no one in Australia read "the road to serfdom"?

 

[bnot]

And so it begins...

 

[randomizer]

In case you didn't notice the link in my previous post (font colour doesn't change much for links): http/www.theaustralian.com.au/australian-it/google-street-view-cars-may-have-obtained-bank-details/story-e6frgakx-1225876377711

 

[randomizer]

This comes right after our Communications Minister slammed Google for committing the "single greatest breach in the history of privacy" by collecting data from unsecured WiFi on street view photo runs. In the same story he said "What we want to ensure now is that we get access to the information that's been collected." Well he's making good on that.