Re:Paying for sloppy legislation (Score 3)

In many ways this legislation negates itself. For example, if I am brought into court for my pornographic nihlistic blueprint for the destruction of the Australian Way Of Life can any of my computer records be relied on as evidence? Can anyone prove my files are really mine? It won't take an enterprising solicitor long to bring these sorts of problems to light in court. Another problem is how do I handle confidential information with my collaborators located in Australia? Do I recomend to my shareholders that we cease doing buisiness in Australia due to the probable lack of security? It's one thing dealing with script-kiddies, it's an entirely different matter dealing with a government. How far does this go? Do we have to take special care to ensure that none of our communications are routed through Australian servers? What about working with other government contracts? Will I have to restrict my access to Australian based sources simply because of the potential lack of security? This is the kind of dollars and cents (US or Oz or otherwise) argument that politicians understand. I agree entirely that individuals must pay the price for their freedom- but use all the weapons at your disposal. In addition to voting and letter writing as citizens, use your influence with whatever corporation or institution you might be involved with. As IT professionals your views are (presumably) respected by the people that own the politicians. As individual crackpots we are easily ignored.