Australian Police given power to use SpyWare

[arsenal]

http://smh.com.au

The Surveillance Devices Act allows police to obtain a warrant to use software surveillance technologies, including systems that track and log keystrokes on a computer keyboard. The law applies to the Australian Federal Police and to state police investigating Commonwealth offences.

Critics have called the law rushed and imbalanced, saying police will be able to secretly install software to monitor email, online chats, word processor and spreadsheets entries and even bank personal identification numbers and passwords.

Are other countries going to follow suit?

[FlamesAddiction]

I don't like this. Too much room for abuse and not fair to the law abiding citizens whose personal life will be able to be monitored.

[arsenal]

But they require a warrent. And no judge is going to give a warrent for such monitoring, without sufficient cuase.

This really becomes an issue if those ruling are corrupt.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally posted by arsenal@Dec 13 2004, 02:25 PM
But they require a warrent. And no judge is going to give a warrent for such monitoring, without sufficient cuase.

This really becomes an issue if those ruling are corrupt.

Agreed, the police can rip through everything in my house and car with a warrant. I don't sit here in fear of it.