Post #1748478

2022-11-22 04:40 UTC

Why #Australia is going through so many #CyberAttacks, many resulting in #dataleaks, lately? According to cryptographer Prof. Vanessa Teague from the Australian National University: &#39;We&#39;ve had a decade of anti-security policy. We&#39;ve had laws that required the acquisition of data that didn&#39;t need to be acquired, laws that demand the retention of data that didn&#39;t need to be retained&#39;.

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@irober02@mastodon.au 2022-11-22 08:22

@j@mastodon.n41.lat Slack, corporate-aligned government eager to give their rapacious mates an easy run.

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@Mariewalsh18@mastodon.au 2022-11-22 08:33

@j@mastodon.n41.lat 😡😠🤬

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@Quokka@theblower.au 2022-11-22 08:34

@j@mastodon.n41.lat yep, pretty much. I've still no idea why telcos need a 100 point ID check for a mobile service. And especially to keep it for years after a customer has left/died/whatever. But we as consumers just need to stop giving them this info. Buying something at a shop? They ask for your postcode or mobile number? The correct response is "no". They don't need it. They shouldn't have it. Apply this everywhere.

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@Mariewalsh18@mastodon.au 2022-11-22 08:45

@j@mastodon.n41.lat A Decade of Liberals lining their Own & their Donor "mates" pockets.. NO Forward Planning NO thoughts, beyond today

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@garystark@theblower.au 2022-11-22 09:15

@j@mastodon.n41.lat And a bunch of incompetent dickheads running the show

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@zinifax@mastodon.au 2022-11-22 09:23

@j@mastodon.n41.lat absolutely spot on. Optus was exempt. We shut down a business because CEOs didn't care. They care now. So bringing the business out of mothballs. #cybersecurity #lostintime

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@maxhardwood@thesocial.institute 2022-11-22 12:53

@j@mastodon.n41.lat On the bright side, they're actively trying to do something about it. https://news.yahoo.com/australia-plans-triple-offensive-cyber-130000709.html

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@sortius@mastodon.au 2022-11-22 20:19

@j@mastodon.n41.lat yep, us techies and security experts were warning of this every time Labor voted for said legislation. We were always shouted down by Labor supporters and told "they'll fix it when they get into power". Apparently Labor didn't understand the legislation enough to fend off being wedged, so voted for it anyway. Still waiting on the plethora of shitty intrusive anti-privacy legislation to be repealed.

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@spmatich@ioc.exchange 2022-12-02 20:09

@j@mastodon.n41.lat previous Australian governments actually legislated an infosec antipattern. They had the help of Labor to do this. Also they did not stop at infosec. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2018/dec/05/coalitions-deal-with-labor-on-cracking-encrypted-messages-what-it-means-for-you

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