So you advocate an open slather then? Just for "security" or for every potential crime? If it's just for security do you think there's any risk of misuse? It's pretty hard to have them publicly accountable when they can censor everything.

Why would monitoring website metadata constitute "open slather" security? It's like they're spying on the porn you jerk off to and laughing with themselves. I'm happy to forego my right to internet metadata privacy if it means stopping bombs from going off and people getting blown up.

Customer information very attractive

Telstra's chief information security officer said customer information would be very attractive to hackers.

"The issue here is now we're advertising that for a customer of Telstra, there's a whole range of data, depending on what services they have, that we made available, or [which] can be made available upon lawful request for two years," Mike Burgess said.

"If [you were] that way inclined as a hacker, you would go for that system because it would give you the pot of gold, as opposed to working your way through our multitude of systems today to try and extract some data."

Telstra said it already kept a certain amount of customer data for business purposes, but the mandatory data retention scheme would require it to keep more data than it currently does.

The telco would have to create a new information system to store, process and send out data to law enforcement, and that would come with risks.

"We would have to put extra measures in place to make sure that data was safe from those who should not have access to it," Mr Burgess said.

There were also concerns raised about how Australia's spy agencies used the metadata that was already available to them.

The intelligence community's watchdog, the Inspector-General of Intelligence and Security Vivienne Thom, said the spy agency ASIO was keeping metadata for longer than it should.

"My concern is not so much [the] material that is actively used in an investigation, but the material [that] is lawfully collected [and] found later to be not of security interest, or no longer of security interest," Ms Thom said.

When asked by Mr Dreyfus, she acknowledged she did not know if this information had been destroyed.

Ms Thom said she believed ASIO could keep information deemed useful to the agencies indefinitely, but suggested Mr Dreyfus should check that with ASIO.

"Well, we'll of course check that," Mr Dreyfus said.

"So that could mean you've got this ever-growing database that ASIO could be cross referencing on an ongoing basis.

"So in a sense, they are storing metadata at ASIO."

The hearings continue tomorrow with the committee due to hear from state and federal police, along with the Attorney-General's department and ASIO.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-01-30/telstra-warns-metadata-scheme-will-attract-hackers/6056326

Best Prime Minister this country has ever had. Truly a man who expresses the unspoken will of the people.

Suck shit you stupid left wing dopes.

Edited by lollywood: 30/1/2015 05:01:15 PM

lol Tone could be in jeopardy of getting the sack.

The idea of Bishop Vader in charge scares the shit out of me though, Gillard 2.0

Least she is educated enough and has decent International ties.

Turnbull as Deputy/Treasurer would be interesting.

-PB

Turnbull should be leader.

But he's too progressive for those nutbags. He probably thinks the world is 4.6 billion years old.

great idea
lets put goldman sachs in charge of the country

Whatever you're smoking , must be good shit can I have some? ?

I'm no longer a fan of Turnbull... But he's preferable to any of the other neo-cons.

its called an education dummy and you dont smoke it

me no understanding your engerish. Please sorry berry mucho

Hey, I am a Chinese guy. Are you trying to be a racist man?

why you rie. You're not asian . I am

You are a racist. You try to make fun of a Chinese accent. Stop it.

:lol: making fun of a Chinese accent :lol: im filipino you imbecile my mum speaks like this . Also noone knew what race you are . Typical internet troll

Did not expect LNP to get shitcanned that hard.

Just wow.

-PB

Yes you are a racist. You try to make fun of Chinese because you are Filipino and you try to steal our water.
You make fun of Chinese people, why do you think thats OKAY?

:lol: no one here knew you were chinese my friend . Seriously trying to make this about yourself when like I said no one knew you were asian in the first place.

either of you guys got any wanton or dumpling recipies?

nope sorry finky but I do have a recipe for chicken adobo.