[MLB-WIRELESS] Fwd: off topic! EFA Action Alert

[Clae]

>X-From_: owner-clan-l at clananalogue.org  Tue Jun 11 11:48:21 2002
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>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:46:58 +1000
>From: Duncan Robertson <duncan at zog.net.au>
>To: "clan-l at clananalogue.org" <clan-l at clananalogue.org>
>Subject: {clan-l} off topic! Fw: EFA Action Alert
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>Those bastards are at it again!
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>Date: Tue, 11 Jun 2002 11:18:11 +0000
>From: te at labyrinth.net.au
>Subject: EFA Action Alert
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>As a matter of Urgency:
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>Please Forward >>>>>
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>Attack on Privacy
>of Communication
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>http://www.efa.org.au
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>http://www.efa.org.au/Campaigns/alert200205.html
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>31st May 2002
>
>The Government wants more power to spy on your private email, voice mail
>and SMS messages.
>
>The Telecommunications Interception Legislation Amendment Bill 2002 (one
>of the group of terrorism Bills) gives government agencies power to
>intercept and read email, voice mail and SMS messages, without an
>interception warrant (as is presently required). Also, agencies who are
>not permitted to intercept emails etc now, would gain power to do so.
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>The Bill must be amended so that email and other communications made
>using new technologies continue to have the same level of privacy
>protection as traditional telephone calls.
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>
>Article from Slashdot: (how the outside world is looking at this)
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>Australia Plans More Spying on Citizens
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>http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=02/06/09/1627227&mode=thread&tid=99
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>Posted by michael on Sunday June 09, @02:01PM from the
>jumping-on-the-bandwagon dept.
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>sg_oneill writes "The Australian Electronic Frontiers foundation report
>that the Australian Government is looking at introducing changes to the
>Telecomunications Interception Act giving Government Agencies (NOT just
>police!) the power to intercept email, voice mail and SMS messages
>without a warrant. Considering the concurrent proposals to introduce
>legislation to allow banning of organisations suspected of terrorist
>links, am I the only one suspecting Australia is about to have a whole
>lot less political parties?"
>
>I think our most recent Australia spying story was about the Australian
>government spying to win elections.
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