Ever wondered why websites these days have those annoying "agree to our cookies" notices you have to click agree to? It's softening you up for the coming ass-fucking, getting you so used to mindlessly clicking agree on every site, you will click agree to the more nefarious things to come. Oh, did you think the mark of the beast was just a story? BZZZT. It's real.
the access and assistance act will extend the reach of Australia’s controversial metadata retention laws – which passed in 2015. Loopholes in that law have already allowed 80 agencies to request access to Australians’ metadata when the list was supposed to be limited to just 21.
But the former national security legislation monitor Brett Walker said it was the issue that is urgent, not this particular solution.
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On Monday – before the legislation passed – Walker warned that “it is important that a bad bill not be passed and that a bill that is good is passed”.
He said that national security legislation was “not like many laws where we can say we won’t make the perfect the enemy of the good” because they “alter security settings for everyone in the community and once done, it may not be able to be fixed”.
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Anonymous2018-12-08 15:13
Situation: Scomo'd
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Anonymous2018-12-08 15:16
I zap them with ublock origin.
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Anonymous2018-12-08 15:23
I would've liked to have gone at least a week without thinking hacked ffs, it only passed thursday
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Anonymous2018-12-08 15:40
9/10 encrypted messaging users are suspected terrorists... er, i mean
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Anonymous2018-12-08 15:41
Hijacking the update mechanism isn't systematic... er, no wait
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Anonymous2018-12-08 15:45
Metadata is like envelope addresses and screenshots of the letter... er, wait that's postcards
We only had richter No 7 last week, but ladies and gentlemen, it's time for Richter No 9!
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Anonymous2018-12-09 1:22
A little bit of sydney, crumbling down A little bit of melly, rolling around A little bit of canberra, flat on the ground A little bit of Isa, in new zealand
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Anonymous2018-12-09 1:52
A little bit of pine gap, in the sun A little bit of lucas heights, leaking fun A little bit of tsunami, all night long A little bit of wmd's aint that strong Do, do do do, do do, do do do, this is richter No 9!