Australia gets mandatory data retention — with unchecked access by roughly any local or federal police agency and “Any other agency the Attorney General publicly declares”. (So much for separation of powers)
And they can use that in court.
→ » Australia: Now is the time to go dark [1] « ←
Dear Australians: This is what we have been talking about the past 10 years. The tech for confidential communication might still be cumbersome to use, but you now need it.
If you want to use Freenet [2] for that, I’ll gladly help you set it up. Find me and other volunteers in the Freenet support chat [3].
→ » Freenet support chat [3] « ←
If you don’t get an answer right away, just keep the browser window open: we will see your question when we read our backlogs. If you’re still in the channel when we enter, we can answer you.
Links:
[1] http://www.caleupe.com/writing/australia-now-is-the-time-to-go-dark/
[2] http://freenetproject.org
[3] https://webchat.freenode.net/?randomnick=1&channels=freenet