[H-GEN] Inquiry into potential reforms of National Security Legislation

[James C. McPherson]

It's *very* important to note that submissions close on Monday 20th August.
If you were thinking about sending in a submission, DO SO NOW. Remember
to keep things to the point, provide references, use neutral language
and write clearly.


James C. McPherson
(I sent my submission in last month).

On 17/08/12 10:24 PM, Russell Stuart wrote:
> Below is a link to a Greens web page on the Inquiry into potential
> reforms of National Security Legislation.  This quote from the page is
> illustrates why I think it could be of interest to Humbug members:
>
>          How would you feel if your internet service provider (ISP) and
>          phone company was forced to keep a record of every article you
>          read online, every email you sent or received, all location data
>          collected by your phone, every call you made, everything you
>          bought online?
>
>          How would you feel if it was made an offense to refuse to hand
>          over your computer passwords?
>
> The letter the Greens propose on that page isn't a particularly helpful
> reply to the inquiry, but nonetheless I know what my gut reaction is to
> making it an offense to hand over passwords.  Passwords are commonly
> used to protect encrypted data, encrypted data by is definition
> indistinguishable from random data, random data is data the government
> can make no sense of.  So in principle a law abiding citizen can end up
> in a situation like this:
>
>    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._Beatty_Chadwick
>
> The greens web page on the "Inquiry into potential reforms of National
> Security Legislation":
>
>    http://greensmps.org.au/content/national-security-legislation-inquiry-submission




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