23 July 2012, 230712, ASIO, government agencies, ISP, Social Media, surveillance
Q. The Government has recently proposed a number of amendments to the laws governing surveillance and intelligence-gathering. Do you support or oppose the following suggestions?
|
Total support |
Total oppose |
Strongly support |
Support |
Oppose |
Strongly oppose |
Don’t know |
|
| Extend the power of government agencies to intercept communications from major to lesser offences |
40% |
37% |
9% |
31% |
21% |
16% |
24% |
| Enable government agencies to intercept messages on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook |
40% |
46% |
10% |
30% |
26% |
20% |
14% |
| Require internet service providers to keep a record of every customers’ internet usage for 2 years |
28% |
57% |
7% |
21% |
26% |
31% |
14% |
| Making it an offence not to assist government agencies with decryption e.g. reveal your password |
26% |
60% |
8% |
18% |
28% |
32% |
15% |
| Allowing ASIO agents to plant or destroy material on computers if they have a warrant |
27% |
52% |
7% |
20% |
23% |
29% |
20% |
A majority of respondents were opposed to making it an offence not to assist government agencies with decryption e.g. reveal your password (60%), requiring internet service providers to keep a record of every customers’ internet usage for 2 years (57%) and allowing ASIO agents to plant or destroy material on computers if they have a warrant (52%).
They were more evenly divided over enabling government agencies to intercept messages on social media sites like Twitter and Facebook (40% support/46% oppose) and extending the power of government agencies to intercept communications from major to lesser offences (40% support/37% oppose).