[LINK] Uncrewed submarines as ocean becomes ‘transparent’

[Tom Worthington]

On 13/4/23 00:35, Stephen Loosley wrote:

>... How seriously does any country respect our Australian
> sovereignty if they open-up secret police stations here? ...

This is not a matter of respect. When it comes to international 
relations, there is only self interest: if you can get away with it, you 
do it. Countries routinely carry out espionage on, and operations in, 
both their allies and enemies. If Australia is not happy with what 
another country is doing on its territory, then it can close down the 
operation. But it may be that they choose to allow something they can 
easily monitor.

For me, the interesting part of this is how much the Internet can be 
used for keeping track of citizens abroad. You might not even need a 
local secret police station.


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Tom Worthington, http://www.tomw.net.au