The Australian government has put forward its Surveillance Legislation Amendment (Identify and Disrupt) Bill 2020 that would hand the Australian Federal Police (AFP) and the Australian Criminal Intelligence Commission (ACIC) three new warrants for dealing with online crime. The first warrant is a data disruption warrant, which according to the Bill’s explanatory memorandum is intended to be used to prevent “continuation of criminal activity by participants, and be the safest and most expedient option where those participants are in unknown locations or acting under anonymous or false identities”. The second is a network activity warrant that would allow the AFP and ACIC to collect intelligence from devices that are used, or likely to be used, by those subject to the warrant. “This means that data does not have to be stored on the devices, but can be temporarily linked, stored, or transited through them,” the memorandum states. “This will ensure data that is unknown or unknowable at the time the warrant is issued can be discovered, including data held on devices that have disconnected from the network once the criminal activity has been carried out.” The last warrant is an account takeover warrant that will allow the agencies to take control… Read full this story
- Spanish judge issues international arrest warrants against two attackers of the North Korean embassy
- Fears grow for New Zealand nurse Louisa Akavi kidnapped in Syria in 2013
- Amazon & Microsoft reach new highs
- Richard Stallman: Facebook is surveillance monster feeding on our personal data
- AFP: Ecuador president defends Assange asylum withdrawal
- The 20 top jobs New Zealanders should be studying for
- Mafia hit on Gambino mobster Frank Cali was caught on video as cops reveal he shook hands with killer before being gunned down
- Martin Lewis issues new fraud warning after ‘spate’ of fake HMRC scam calls
- AFP: Sudan: four months of protests topple two leaders
- Activists hail new EU energy labelling rules for TVs, fridges
Surveillance Bill to hand AFP and ACIC a trio of new computer warrants have 311 words, post on www.zdnet.com at December 3, 2020. This is cached page on xBlogs. If you want remove this page, please contact us.