Author Archives: Delicious

What if the internet fell over tomorrow? So US Senator Joe Lieberman has proposed a bill to create an internet ‘‘kill switch’’ that would enable the US president to shut down the web in a time of threat or crisis. … Continue reading →

Parliament of Australia:Senate:Committees:Privileges 145th Report: Persons referred to in the Senate: Mr Geordie Guyon behalf of Electronic Frontiers Australia Inc. Geordie Guy and EFA responding to comments by Stephen Conroy tabled in Hansard. (tags: Senate Hansard government GeordieGuy EFA StephenConroy … Continue reading →

Australian Government To Force Internet Users To Install State-Approved Software | NewWORLDLiberty The Australian government is set to intensify its war against Internet freedom by forcing web users to install state-approved anti-virus software. If they fail to do so, they … Continue reading →

IIA statement on Data Retention In response to recent reports about a possible data retention regime in Australia, the IIA issues the following statement to outline its position. (tags: IIA dataretention government crime lawenforcementagencies privacy security cost transparency) Inside Australia's … Continue reading →

An empty station | Leefe rates the world… The station is empty. Even the station staff have gone home. Maybe I was leaving work a little late on the night I took this. (tags: ping.fm) John Birmingham The Geek Column … Continue reading →

Web snooping policy shrouded in secrecy The federal government is hiding controversial plans to force ISPs to store internet activity of all Australian internet users – regardless of whether they have been suspected of wrongdoing – for law-enforcement agencies to … Continue reading →

iTWire – Sen. Conroy’s big red button for Internet kids Fresh from his battles with Internet filter opponents, Senator Stephen Conroy Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy today announced a “help button” for online kids. (tags: StephenConroy internet … Continue reading →

Government plans to monitor without court authorisation The federal government wants your personal internet data, and it does not want to have to apply to a court to get it. A revelation that the federal government wants Australia's 400-odd internet … Continue reading →

Delimiter – iiNet knew about retention proposal in 2009 iiNet this afternoon said it was briefed in late 2009 about a Federal Government proposal which could potentially see telcos required to keep records of web browsing history, telephone calls and … Continue reading →