Fuck Minns he’s been nothing but a totalitarian prick even to the point of the NSW High Court ruling their anti-protest laws were unconstitutional.

What sort of hellish, dystopian 1984 are we becoming?

I remember people used to be horrified about the lack of rights and excessive powers in China, and meanwhile the politicos are "That sounds great! Let's get it running ASAP!"

Time to set those Duress passcodes and “Erase on incorrect passcode.”

Also memorise how to quickly disable biometric login.

I feel like I'm missing info here. Do they need a warrant for this? Or is this some weird thing where they are able to arbitrarily generate a warrant to do this as needed?

I wonder if graphene will end up having a minimalist shadow profile that you can log into full of benign text and stock photos. The danger here is that cellbright might might find a way to escape that I guess.

Wow, how many passwords will be compromised, how much confidential information will be exposed? How many times will a warrant be issued in error?

Nek minute, it's illegal not to have your ID card phone on you at all times.

God damn, why is a legal firm paying journalists to write slop like this on their website? Half of it is a political rant with no relevance.

The only relevant point is this: should police require an additional warrant before applying for a DEAO?

Arguably no, not if they already have the device. The warrant is only really needed to gain access to the device and grant legal authority to search for it. If you have both of those already through lawful seizure after witnessing a crime take place the warrant doesn't provide you any additional powers.

A DEAO still needs to be signed off on by an authorised officer of the judiciary, and the cop applying for it can be charged with perjury if they lie on the application. The evidence is also very likely to be thrown out.

The point is NSW warrants aren't a meaningful check on power, and this loser Paul Gregoire is just jerking off by framing it as such.

Australia is one of the few countries without a history of brutal authoritarian rule (at least for white people). It really shows in the callous disregard the government and general public have for safeguards on power.

Wow this is fucked up