“We kill people based on metadata” (Former NSA chef). Today we are going dark on the metadata laws. The government currently has enough power, they are already solving crimes with the data they have. The proposed changes have two main effects. 1) any government agency will be able to track the movements of all mobile phone users for the past two years. 2) it’s estimated to add a cost of $10 per electronics bill, per month.

https://www.getup.org.au/campaigns/privacy/go-dark-against-data-retention/go-dark-against-data-retention