government spying on emails

Yes we are all so scared that terrorists might Email us some spam or something , So why not let the government take away our civil liberties our right to privacy . That really makes sense , Just how stupid does the government think the people are . By the way what the hell is a terrorists someone that insight terror , because the goverment is trying to use fear based dogma to sell us this Bull Sh1t about terrorists , sounds like there trying to instill terror to the masses . What BS , I have only ever seen State Sponsored terrorism in the media , and nothing elece . If I truly didn't want my emails being intercepted by terrorists then I better not let the government get hold of them , thats for sure .

A former state security analyst has questioned the "prevention" approach to cyber terrorism proposed by the federal government.

New counter-terrorism measures being developed by the government, including changes to the Telecommunications Act, would allow companies to monitor the emails and internet communications of employees without their consent.

The act currently only allows security agencies to monitor employees' internet activities.

Attorney-General Robert McClelland said the new laws, which would only apply to businesses critical to the economy such as the stock exchange or electricity grid, would help protect Australia's critical infrastructure from cyber attack.

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Sam Roggeveen, a former senior analyst with the Office of National Assessments, says the plan is questionable.

He argues in a blog for international policy think tank, the Lowy Institute, that increasing the resilience of critical infrastructure was better than trying to prevent terrorist attacks.

"Aren't we better off making our systems more survivable and redundant rather than trying to protect them," he asked.

"We ought to be doing far more about resiliency."

Later Mr Roggeveen, speaking to AAP, said his argument about resilience was widely applicable.

"This goes beyond cyber terrorism and onto the terrorism threat as a whole."

It was a tough stance for government to take because it was an admission that terrorists would attack, he said.

"The difficulty for government ... is that it's politically difficult to sell the idea that we should not do as much as we are on protection.

"Terrorists are going to have some success."

He pointed to the Burnley Tunnel accident in Melbourne last year as an opportunity to learn lessons that could be employed in the event of a terrorist attack.

Three people died in the tunnel inferno and the road was shut for days, creating major traffic problems.

The key to fighting terrorism, Mr Roggeveen said, was "returning to normalcy as quickly as possible".

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[badlands12]

Soon even the toilets will be bugged and watching as we take a dump :-s

[linuxwhite]

that makes me want to email myself on how to make a bomb

[jrjr143]

screw the government !! 

[dannyinaus]

Do what I do - in your signature include some key words - bomb, code, Allah, security, cell phone, opera house. I had an unmarked black car sit outside my house for 2 weeks that last time I did it! lol Next time I will take THEIR picture and upload it hehehe

[dannyinaus]

@badlands12 no, not watching, but sampling your turds to make sure you have not ingested anything illegal, or making sure a naughty little terrorist doesn't pop out as well!

[quiettype609]

We have a front row seat as we watch the USA go down the toilet and we are not to blame we tried to vote but lobbyists pay off congress to pass anything they want and patriot act trashed our contsitution so guess what its corperations and government and its a large pyramid skeem scam same thing so sit back and it will self distruct.

[tommyskate147]

big brother spy on us everday even in your house

[gurru1312]

@MrWannabefree yea big brother just wants to be cool with his friends what a douche

[genericmeatunit]

Damn, that freckle is so sexy!

[kingturkey2]

Eh, they can go ahead and read my damn emails. There's nothing on there.