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    Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 12 Oct 2015

    Beginning today, if you are Australian, everything you do online is being tracked, stored, and retained for 2 years.https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/digital-freedom-and-privacy/go-dark-against-data-retention/go-dark-against-data-retention …

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      2. Asher Wolf‏Verified account @Asher_Wolf 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden SERIOUSLY? SERIOUSLY? You're tweeting Getup links?

        4 replies 10 retweets 20 likes
      3. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Asher_Wolf

        @Asher_Wolf Better suggestions are always welcome. Thoughts?

        14 replies 15 retweets 53 likes
      4. Asher Wolf‏Verified account @Asher_Wolf 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden http://robindoherty.com/2015/10/07/your-digital-privacy-ends-this-time-next-week.html …

        1 reply 12 retweets 19 likes
      5. Edward Snowden‏Verified account @Snowden 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Asher_Wolf

        @Asher_Wolf Thank you. See TL

        2 replies 8 retweets 53 likes
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      1. Bogdan‏ @bogdan371 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden same thing in Romania, and retained for 3 years!!!

        0 replies 2 retweets 26 likes
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      2. Vijay Thakkar‏ @vikingthakkar 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden Good. Should be implemented all over. If you are not doing anything wrong, you are not worried.

        13 replies 3 retweets 3 likes
      3. Vijai Pandey‏ @vijai_pandey 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @vikingthakkar

        @vikingthakkar @Serene_Meadows @Snowden I chat with my wife which is not wrong but I would not like any bloody govt. Keeping my chat records

        1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
      4. Vijay Thakkar‏ @vikingthakkar 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @vijai_pandey

        @vijai_pandey Guess 1 talking to his wife or GF is NOT what agencies r after. Their idea is2 prevent bigger crimes. @Serene_Meadows @Snowden

        2 replies 2 retweets 0 likes
      5. Vijai Pandey‏ @vijai_pandey 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @vikingthakkar

        @vikingthakkar @Serene_Meadows @Snowden So, the govts should have right to spy on their citizens in the name of preventing bigger crimes?

        1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
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      1. Piratas‏Verified account @PartidoPirataBR 15 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden if you are Brazilian, everthing you do online is being tracked, stored and retained for 1 year. #MarcoCivil

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      1. Michaela Banerji‏ @LaLegale 14 Oct 2015
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        Michaela Banerji Retweeted Edward Snowden

        @Snowden @OZloop https://twitter.com/snowden/status/653579950675640320 … #auspol

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        Edward SnowdenVerified account @Snowden
        Beginning today, if you are Australian, everything you do online is being tracked, stored, and retained for 2 years. https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/digital-freedom-and-privacy/go-dark-against-data-retention/go-dark-against-data-retention …
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      1. Calamity Jane‏ @CalamityJane_66 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden You'll like this. The Gov't can't implement the Data Retention scheme yet:http://delimiter.com.au/2015/10/12/we-told-you-so/ …

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      1. nygrlnla‏ @nygrlnla 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden so should I stop paying for storage backup?

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      1. Pigeon‏ @fly_pigeon 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden @katja_ghost Can't hack a pigeon. #sendsecure #cybersecurity #pigeon #squawk

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      1. X Soviet‏ @XSovietNews 12 Oct 2015
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        @Snowden What if you are Russian?

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      2. Harps‏ @666Harps666 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @Snowden

        @Snowden Haha not yet they ain't @phoebepinnock http://finance.ninemsn.com.au/newsbusiness/9040375/isps-struggle-to-comply-with-data-retention-laws …

        1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
      3. Phoebe Pinnock‏ @phoebepinnock 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @666Harps666

        @666Harps666 yes I saw that. Idiots.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Harps‏ @666Harps666 12 Oct 2015
        Replying to @phoebepinnock

        G'day @phoebepinnock Yeap lol bloody idiots Just like their NBN failure Fibre optics to copper node, A 6 lane highway ending in an alley way

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