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Thursday, September 1

Need more foil

An internal Telstra document obtained by The Australian details the telecommunications giant's surveillance policy, authorising in-house investigators to spy by video surveillance and the monitoring of email traffic, internet records and telephone accounts. Staff monitoring may be conducted only where it is "reasonable" to "manage a business risk" or "investigate suspected misuse of equipment or misconduct", and only when "other investigative avenues have been attempted without success", the document says.

you know the drill [ take your underpants off ]

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