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    Privacy advocates have slammed the new Medicare Smartcard, describing it as an insecure and technologically inept implementation.

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    Australia's law enforcement agencies, from ASIO down, could be poking around in your inbox, looking for evidence of criminal activity. Some say they have the right to protect national security, others say it's a gross infringement of an individual's privacy.

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