{"id":701125,"date":"2026-05-29T00:46:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:46:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/701125\/"},"modified":"2026-05-29T00:46:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T00:46:10","slug":"national-security-spy-boss-lisa-alonso-love-warns-mps-about-talking-in-cars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/701125\/","title":{"rendered":"National security: Spy boss Lisa Alonso Love\ufeff warns MPs about talking in cars"},"content":{"rendered":"

M\ufeffPs and public servants have been warned not to discuss secret or sensitive matters while on the road, amid a global climate of escalating surveillance and cyber-warfare.<\/p>\n

ASIO deputy director-general Lisa Alonso Love\ufeff gave the warning to a Senate Estimates hearing last night.<\/p>\n

“In relation to any vehicle, whether it’s connected or not, we would suggest that members of parliament or public servants do not have conversations that contain sensitive or classified information,” she said.<\/p>\n

\"TheMPs have been warned not to have sensitive talks inside connected cars. (Sydney Morning Herald)\"\"\/ASIO deputy director-general Lisa Alonso Love speaks to a Senate estimates committee. (Alex Ellinghausen)<\/p>\n

While internet-connected cars are considered more vulnerable to electronic surveillance, Love said the risk was more widespread.\ufeff<\/p>\n

“Obviously, a connected car may have other vectors to gather that information, but those conversations should only ever happen in places that are set up for classified conversations,” she said.<\/p>\n

“We would say that people should be conscious of the things that they are discussing in vehicles, knowing that people may be able to get that information.”<\/p>\n

\"\"\/MPs and public servants have been warned about discussing confidential matters in cars. (Supplied)<\/p>\n

A “connected” vehicle is one connected to the internet, such as through an inbuilt SIM card or a paired smartphone, according to government guidelines.<\/p>\n

This doesn’t just mean electric vehicles, as most new cars are manufactured with some form of connection.<\/p>\n

It’s estimated that by 2031, CVs will make up 93 per cent of all new vehicles in the country, emphasising the need for enhanced security awareness.\ufeff<\/p>\n

Find out more about personal protection procedures online here.\ufeff<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"M\ufeffPs and public servants have been warned not to discuss secret or sensitive matters while on the road,…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":701126,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[64,63,44],"class_list":["post-701125","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-australia","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701125","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701125"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701125\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/701126"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701125"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701125"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701125"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}