Because using Australia's internet wasn't bad enough...

[TryArch]

source: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/abbott-government-brings-forward-consideration-of-plans-to-store-phone-and-internet-records-of-australians-20140805-3d528.html

Controversial plans to force telcos to store the phone and internet records of everyday Australians for law enforcement purposes have been brought forward and are likely to go before cabinet on Tuesday.

[elecxonica]

For F**k's sake. Time for a VPN

[JAKEBAB]

Well u can blame all the dickheads that voted for libs lol country is crashing down haha

[zEr04]

Awesome.. Dumb f^(ks.. I swear these clowns need to go asap. I'm max 5mb/s.. NBN eta: unknown..

[TryArch]

both labor and liberal are shit tho u cant win, they both do one or two thing right and everything else completely wrong... ffs

[melias24]

Hi, my names Elias and welcome to Australia, the country where everything else is awesome except the price of PC parts is ridiculous and the internet connection sucks.

[TryArch]

and here i was thinking we were safe from the nsa

[Ruostunut kokis]

Isn't this done in every first world country already?

 

Although I can see why you Australian users don't like it with your already slow internet speeds...

[JAKEBAB]

Hi, my names Elias and welcome to Australia, the country where everything else is awesome except the price of PC parts is ridiculous and the internet connection sucks.

 

Lol theres alot more things wrong than just those too!

and here i was thinking we were safe from the nsa

Haha Tony Abbott is his own NSA!

[TryArch]

Isn't this done in every first world country already?

 

Although I can see why you Australian users don't like it with your already slow internet speeds...

kind of, most other countries don't have their isps at gunpoint to store the data and give it to the government tho...

[xox]

Well, I think of it this way:

1. They use it to catch paedophiles, serial rapists and child pornographers
2. I have nothing to hide in regards to that, and I hope you do not as well

"Distrust and Caution are the parents of Security"

 

Without recording apparatus, it is near-impossible to convict the right offenders effectively.

[TryArch]

Well, I think of it this way:

1. They use it to catch paedophiles, serial rapists and child pornographers
2. I have nothing to hide in regards to that, and I hope you do not as well

"Distrust and Caution are the parents of Security"

 

Without recording apparatus, it is near-impossible to convict the right offenders effectively.

but there is already data records.. the government wants their own from the isp that they can use however they want

[MrSuperb]

Well, I think of it this way:

• They use it to catch paedophiles, serial rapists and child pornographers
• I have nothing to hide in regards to that, and I hope you do not as well

"Distrust and Caution are the parents of Security"

 

Without recording apparatus, it is near-impossible to convict the right offenders effectively.

why not have a gun directed to everybody's head all the time?

No harm is done, unless it is fired and those guilty can be dealt with effective immediately.

[TryArch]

why not have a gun directed to everybody's head all the time?

coz guns are scary?

[MrSuperb]

Isn't this done in every first world country already?

No. why? It is illegal in many countries.

The USA (and its government) doesn't give a crap for its laws though.

[xox]

but there is already data records.. the government wants their own from the isp that they can use however they want

Think of it not as the government, but as an independent body ensuring the security of you and other citizens

That is basically what it is.

Nobody gives a single shit about you watching "Teen with BIG BOOBS fucks TIGHT BLONDE", partly because there are millions of other 'mundane' people exactly like yourself, with mundane browser habits. They are only ever bothered about people actually doing something wrong. _{(like the British convicts that founded Australia) OOOHHH BURN}

 

I guess it's just like Logan; the more you follow it, the more you think it's worse than it is and then you turn into a raging schizophrenic, and you can't talk about anything else.

[DrunkAssassin]

God Damn it, why why why why why just why 

I like that the government is trying to prevent attacks and such even though we aren't really under that much threat, however to do this so intrusively just makes me sad.

Now I understand  that we can't go around completely invisible to the government in terms of the internet but I would appreciate it if the government actually listen to the public and not some conservative dick head who knows nothing about what he is saying. Labor and Liberal are both shit, neither of them can keep promises and neither of them are prepared for today's society, labor got close in a last ditch effort but how long was that really going to last, fuck both of them we need a new party.

[JaeDee884]

Hi, my names Elias and welcome to Australia, the country where everything else is awesome except the price of PC parts is ridiculous and the internet connection sucks.

two months ago, Australian GPUs were cheaper then the Same American Models

[mr moose]

God Damn it, why why why why why just why 

I like that the government is trying to prevent attacks and such even though we aren't really under that much threat, however to do this so intrusively just makes me sad.

Now I understand  that we can't go around completely invisible to the government in terms of the internet but I would appreciate it if the government actually listen to the public and not some conservative dick head who knows nothing about what he is saying. Labor and Liberal are both shit, neither of them can keep promises and neither of them are prepared for today's society, labor got close in a last ditch effort but how long was that really going to last, fuck both of them we need a new party.

 

If you watch politics for long enough you start to realise that not much is new under the sun,  and all this liberal/labour bashing serves no real purpose, people who blame the parties rarely understand the depth of the issues that we are facing.

 

While I don't agree with data logging or phone record keeping (which they already do),  I don't necessarily think it is the fault of a political persuasion.  It's the fault of capitalist societies and where the money drives the nation.

[JaeDee884]

The shipping and duty costs to get stuff into New Zealand nearly makes them 50% more expensive

if you live in NZ, i recommend flying over, buying a wholer computer except case and fly back, its cheaper

[Maxibonbits]

two months ago, Australian GPUs were cheaper then the Same American Models

It was a glorious month, i will tell my grand children about it one day.

 

They can store the data, but it's not like they will ever look at it. I've been treating the internet as though people can see my every action for a long time.

 

EDIT:

I think the worse thing about this is that the cost of our terrible internet connections is going to go up in order for the ISP to store all these records.

[Blaber Dear]

The c**ts

[Maxibonbits]

The c**ts

Spoken like a true Aussie.

[NICKT]

The c**ts

 

You're Australian, mate, we don't stand for censoring. It's cunts, or nothing.

[iNothing]

Give us netflix already.