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Edward Snowden's revelations included the detail that back in 2008, the then-DSD sought to /give away/ bulk data on australian citizens to foreign spy agencies. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/business-spectator... In response to the revelations of this attack on Australian democracy, launched by an agency tasked to defend it, australia's attorney general focused on declaring Mr Snowden a traitor.
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No doubt it's an excellent strategy to identity where any future/potential opposition may come from. As Sun Tzu says in The Art of War: "If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.
What if you know the enemy, but not yourself?
So the first three layers can be solved with pen and paper, and for the fourth you might need a computer. Do we still consider that encryption in this day and age? I know it technically is , but..
In Australia soon that's the only encryption you'll be allowed.
> those who crack the codes could discover "some wonderful, uplifting messages". Let’s hope that one of them was, “Australia should be a republic”
> those who crack the codes could discover "some wonderful, uplifting messages". Let’s hope that one of them was, “Australia should be a republic”
Its probably "fuck off we're full" in an attempt to self select for government agencies.
They really would like for us not to think its being solved by a 14 y.o. the same morning is a debacle. But it is.
> There's a challenge out there to see who can correctly break all the layers, and, would you believe it, yesterday the coin was launched at 8:45am; we put up our web form and said, 'Hey, if you think you've got the answers, fill in the form'," she said. It’s just a game for them to popularize code breaking and do some youth recruiting.
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Debacle? :) It is a puzzle made to entertain and popularise the institution. People solving it is the goal. Your comment reminds me of this XKCD: https://xkcd.com/932/
It's getting headlines, it's exactly what they wanted. Kudos to the Australians on this one!
Edward Snowden's revelations included the detail that back in 2008, the then-DSD sought to /give away/ bulk data on australian citizens to foreign spy agencies. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/business-spectator... In response to the revelations of this attack on Australian democracy, launched by an agency tasked to defend it, australia's attorney general focused on declaring Mr Snowden a traitor.
> those who crack the codes could discover "some wonderful, uplifting messages". Let’s hope that one of them was, “Australia should be a republic”
"Let’s hope that one of them was, “Australia should be a republic”" Not that far from where I live at the intersection of two busy roads there used to be a tall concrete Besser block wall with spray-painted graffiti scrawled on it in large black lettering which read: "The Australian people are bloody-minded sheep." The truly remarkable thing about the graffiti was that in over 20 years no one covered it up or spray-p…
To do that it would've had to have said "Remove this grafitti immediately, sheep!"
Edward Snowden's revelations included the detail that back in 2008, the then-DSD sought to /give away/ bulk data on australian citizens to foreign spy agencies. https://www.theaustralian.com.au/business/business-spectator... In response to the revelations of this attack on Australian democracy, launched by an agency tasked to defend it, australia's attorney general focused on declaring Mr Snowden a traitor.
Australia has been blatantly violating the privacy of its citizens increasingly over the last 2 decades. Its surveillance legislation is unrivaled in developed countries except for perhaps the UK.