From: Ben McGinnes <ben@adversary.org> To: luv-talk <luv-talk@luv.asn.au> Cc: Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2012 11:35:25 +1000 Subject: [luv-talk] National Security petition Hello, As some of you know, I've been holed up working on a submission to the PJCIS for the National Security Legislation Inquiry.
While most of you have neither the time, nor the inclination to do the same, can you at least sign this petition about it?
http://pirateparty.org.au/natsecinquiry-petition/
For the quick and nasty overview, look at these short fliers:
http://pirateparty.org.au/media/promotional/natsecinquiry_poster.png http://scott-ludlam.greensmps.org.au/sites/default/files/natsecinquiry.pdf
For slightly longer news articles, read these:
http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/10/government-unveils-huge-wishlist-of-new-... https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2012/07/australian-government-moves-expand-sur... http://www.crikey.com.au/2012/07/23/hypothetical-news-from-a-national-securi...
Even more info is available here:
http://pirateparty.org.au/wiki/National_Security_Inquiry
My more in depth reading of the government proposals indicate that it will easily be possible for the powers that be to spy on anyone or criminalise them, regardless of whether or not they've actually committed any crimes (it would easily be possible to send anyone to jail). It's actually quite hideous, which is why I'm breaking with my normal policy of not sending things like this to everyone I know.
There are some rather nasty aspects of this which should definitely be of concern to LUV members. Like the sections making failure to assist in decryption of data crime, being able to modify or delete data on a system and use of third party systems and networks to access a system targeted by a warrant.
Regards, Ben
Ben, thanks for taking the time to author a submission to the enquiry and for forwarding on these links. As you say many of us don't have the inclination or the time to look deeply into issues like this that seem at first glance not to have a large impact on our day to day lives. Hopefully this will prove the impetus some of us need to bring these issues to a wider audience. Cheers Tim Hamilton -- On the internet, no one can hear you </sarcasm>