{"id":13701,"date":"2015-10-22T07:31:50","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T12:31:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=13701"},"modified":"2015-10-22T07:32:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T12:32:25","slug":"australia-to-allow-facebook-photos-to-be-used-in-national-surveillance-database-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/olduvai.ca\/?p=13701","title":{"rendered":"Australia to allow Facebook photos to be used in national surveillance database – report"},"content":{"rendered":"

Australia to allow Facebook photos to be used in national surveillance database – report\u00a0<\/a><\/h3>\n
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Photos from social media websites like Facebook could be used in an Australian counter-terrorism database. Critics are concerned about the system\u2019s lack of \u201ctransparency,\u201d but the new legislation can come into effect without being passed by parliament.<\/div>\n
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Senior officials from the attorney general\u2019s office confirmed late on Tuesday that photos from social media could be used in the system, which is known as\u00a0\u201cthe capability,\u201d<\/em>\u00a0the Guardian reports.<\/p>\n

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#<\/span>Snowden<\/span><\/a> says Australia watching its citizens \u2018all the time,\u2019 slams new metadata laws http:\/\/<\/span>on.rt.com\/s4ick1\u00a0<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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The Australian Justice Minister, Michael Keenan, announced last month that the government would be spending US$13.3 million to develop a database (The National Facial Biometric Matching Capability), which would store still images that law enforcement officers could use to track terrorists.<\/p>\n

It had been believed that the images would come from official documents such as drivers\u2019 licenses, passport photographs or images taken from security cameras. The government claims that the technology is necessary as a human face is unique, just like a person\u2019s fingerprints.<\/p>\n

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