[LINK] police hacks not sure thing

[Tom Koltai]

Mandatory Fingerprinting on the street, and now automatic ex-parte
computer bugs.

The NSW Labour Party may be stretching its mandate to look after the
population too far.
Does anyone else notice any similarities with Spain circa 1936.


> -----Original Message-----
> From: link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au 
> [mailto:link-bounces at mailman1.anu.edu.au] On Behalf Of Jan Whitaker
> Sent: Thursday, 12 March 2009 9:56 PM
> To: link at anu.edu.au
> Subject: [LINK] police hacks not sure thing
> 
> 
> 
> >Security vendors to block police hacks 
> >http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/Security-vendors-to
> -block-pol
> >ice-hacks/0,130061744,339295373,00.htm?ocid=nl_TNB_12032009_fea_l1
> >
> 
> 
> Security vendors to block police hacks
> 
> <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/email.htm?TYPE=editor&A
> T=339295373-130061744t-110000005c>Liam 
> Tung, ZDNet.com.au
> 
> 11 March 2009 11:38 AM
> 
> Major security vendors Symantec, Sophos and Kaspersky yesterday said 
> their products would block legalised hacking attempts by NSW Police 
> under new legislation as they would any other security threat 
> to users.
> 
> The NSW Government has 
> <http://www.zdnet.com.au/news/security/soa/NSW-Police-to-get-h
> acking-powers/0,130061744,339295354,00.htm>proposed 
> an amendment to the Law Enforcement (Powers and Responsibilities) Act 
> 2002 which would, with a Supreme Court judge's permission, give 
> police the authority to remotely access a suspect's computer for 
> seven days at a time. Police would not be required to inform suspects 
> for up to three years.
> 
> The full text of the amendment 
> <http://www.parliament.nsw.gov.au/prod/parlment/nswbills.nsf/0
/DCD79FCA7419BC52CA25756E0020AA20>can 
be found online.

"Symantec's commitment, first and foremost, is to securing its 
customers' information and as such, Symantec software will block all 
attempts to compromise its customers' information, regardless of 
where the threats are coming from," a Symantec spokesperson said in a 
statement.
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