Aussie Gov't Says Wiretap Laws Fine, Telcos 'Wrong'

mask.of.sanity writes "A top bureaucrat from the Australian Attorney-General's department has said telcos are wrong to complain about changes to the country's wiretapping laws, which will force them to report every product and network system change to law enforcement for approval, lest they affect the ability to intercept communications. The telcos argue there are simply too many products and network architecture changes to report and that it would become overbearing. It's the latest in a string of changes to communications law in the country, and comes as the government mulls data retention and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement."

Misleading Summary

[Anonymous Coward]

Just so you know, the data retention and the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement don't have anything to do with this particular bit of madness despite the misleading summary.

Political party against it

[Joakal]

Complimentary pirate party against ACTA. http://pirateparty.org.au/ [pirateparty.org.au]

There's some discussion [pirateparty.org.au] to protest the next ACTA meeting in Sydney. It would be great to emphasise how shocking it is for ACTA discussion to be held behind doors when it affects everyone in Australia.

Please do post other options or suggestions against ACTA. I don't want this gross violation of democracy to occur.

Re:Fight Back!

[bloodhawk]

not sure what your expectations are. Are you aware of how the government will request the data? I have dealt with a few requests, hint it won't be there problem to retrieve it from your storage. They will present you with a subpoena for specific data, you can't just hand over the lot and say, "here ya go you find it", besides which you could then find yourself in breach of all sorts of other laws for providing more information than was requested.