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posted by takyon on Sunday November 25 2018, @12:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the if-you-have-nothing-to-hide dept.

A recent alleged Islamic terrorist plot in Melbourne has prompted fresh calls from Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to endorse the Assistance and Access Bill, proposed in August 2018, which may help government agencies access user data on computers and mobile devices.

Mr. Dutton believes that the planned attack involving Hanifi Halis, Ertunc Eriklioglu, and Samed Eriklioglu may have been successful if the alleged terrorists had solely used encrypted communications for planning. Mr. Dutton described the ease at which criminals and potential terrorists could communicate as an "unacceptable risk". According to police, counter-terrorism agents have foiled 15 attempted attacks since 2014, four of which have been described as "major".


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:05AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @09:05AM (#766117)

    I hate to defend their side but they only barely stopped this one. They know how close they came to missing it.

  • (Score: 5, Informative) by driverless on Sunday November 25 2018, @11:52AM

    by driverless (4770) on Sunday November 25 2018, @11:52AM (#766137)

    It was a bunch of guys who allegedly discussed doing something somewhere with a gun, if they could figure out how to get their hands on one. Yep, really critical threat there, we just narrowly scraped through with that one.

    I live in a country where we've had nutcases who openly advocate armed insurrection for years now, so not even bragging to each other in secret like those guys did but speaking publicly about it. They're nutcases, the police keep general tabs on them but mostly leave them alone, and they pretty much leave everyone else alone, they're all talk, occasional theatrics for the media, and no action.