Easy to hide metadata: Ludlam

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam says there are several ways Australians can hide their metadata, including using offshore email providers.

Australian Greens Senator Scott Ludlam

Greens Senator Scott Ludlam claims it's trivially easy to circumvent the government's metadata laws. (AAP)

It's trivially easy to circumvent the federal government's metadata laws, Greens Senator Scott Ludlam claims.

Senator Ludlam has given some advice on how Australians can hide their metadata.

Among the tips is to use offshore email providers, Facebook messenger and Twitter private messenger.

People can also download software such as Tor that provides invisibility or use virtual private networks.

The Senate will continue to debate controversial metadata laws on Wednesday.


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