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Australia becoming a totalitarian state with email snooping to become the norm?

by Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Monday, 14 April 2008
Page 3 of 3 Thankfully, the News.com.au story notes that: “Mr McClelland has said privacy and civil liberties groups and unions would be consulted as the new laws were being drafted.” Related stories Sony ZX1 is TV sex on a very thin stick ASUS Eee Box gets unboxed in Australia at last! HP brings studio colour to notebook Virtual Linux, coming to a desktop near you Fast booting ASUS Eee Box hits the desktop But I trust this Government as much as I trusted the last Government – which means I don’t really trust it very much at all. Anti-paedophilia and anti-terrorism concerns are all good and fine – I’m as against paedophiles and terrorists as the next person. But blanket powers to snoop on all email communications – and the proposed censorship of all Internet access in Australia is the slippery slope on the road to serfdom, Government oppression and the totalitarian state. This isn’t the 21st century I was expecting. It’s looking more and more like 1984. Please enable JavaScript in your browser to post your comment! Tags See All Tags Alex ZaharovReutt Australia Censorship Cyber attacks Cybercrime Email Employers Government Hacker Homeland Security Internet Malware Security Telecommunications Policy Telecoms regulation Get stories like this delivered daily - FREE - subscribe now << First page < 1 2 3 Next page > Last page - Post your comment >>