A new bill has just been passed in Australia called Identify and Disrupt Bill
Essentially, this bill allows is, the Australian Federal Police (AFP) can log into your Email, your Facebook, Instagram any other social media, and not only view it but actually alter it however they want. They can send emails on your behalf, they can post things on your behalf, they can engage in criminal activity on your behalf in order to reach their objective. And if they want to throw you under the bus, you’re just collateral damage.
There is a petition to repeal this bill
Please pass the word to any Aussies you know to sign this petition and get the word out.
Is this not true, that a warrant, of some type is required per incident.
An eligible judge or a nominated member of the administrative appeals tribunal (AAT) can issue the data disruption and network activity warrants. However, the account takeover warrants must come from a magistrate who is satisfied that there are reasonable grounds that such a step is required to collect evidence relating to a relevant offense.
Of course, but it has the potential for political missuse as well. I think people are uncomfortable giving the Australian government this type of control, not realising they already had it.