AUSTRALIAN spies will soon get stronger powers to help fight against terrorism, including allowing ASIO to access third party computers and apply one warrant to multiple devices.

The new measures passed the Senate last night with bipartisan support.

But in the world of social media people have come up with some inventive ways to take advantage of ASIO’s new powers - and they aren’t afraid to ask for just about anything.

ASIO might be watching us but as #HeyASIO is showing us on Twitter, that doesn’t have to be a bad thing.

Help with IT: ASIO should be good at the, right?

#heyASIO i forgot my tinder login details can you help — Sancratic Method (@fivewalls) September 26, 2014

#HeyASIO, a bunch of my family photos got corrupted yesterday - can I borrow your backups? — Petal Ireland (@Hippopeteamus) September 26, 2014

#HeyASIO Had hardware failure on one of our servers last week, can you check the others for us, sweet, ta ;-) — Meta Cranky Noely (@YaThinkN) September 26, 2014

Or maybe this our chance to offer IT help to ASIO?

#HeyASIO, it looks like you're trying to monitor Australia's internet. Would you like some help? #Auspol pic.twitter.com/RKz3fx9EC0 — Matthew Howard (@MatthewamHoward) September 26, 2014

Some people just want answers to the important questions in life...

#HeyASIO Does my bum look big in this? — A Llama Gusface (@Gusface_Redux) September 26, 2014

#HeyASIO why did Home and Away do such a bad job of recasting VJ? — Christine (@Chrissaayyyyy) September 26, 2014

#HeyASIO Who let the dogs out? — A Llama Gusface (@Gusface_Redux) September 26, 2014

Don’t you just hate when you lose your phone? Hey, ASIO...

#HeyASIO I need help! My phone is on silent and it's lost somewhere in my house... WHERE IS IT?? — Sharna Bremner (@sharnatweets) September 26, 2014

#HeyASIO I lost my phone... can you prank me please? — Annie R (@womanphenomenon) September 26, 2014

Not everyone wants to use and abuse ASIO though... some people want to be helpful.

#HeyAsio I have a non-nuclear family and we just had breakfast. Do you need to know what we ate? — Clom The Insouciant (@SezClom) September 26, 2014

#HeyASIO - Should I leave you out milk and cookies for when you plant the bugs? Do you have reindeer? Do they like carrots? — Petal Ireland (@Hippopeteamus) September 26, 2014

Some are making up excuses already...

#HeyASIO I swear to god I was only looking up hot firemen just then for a story later today. — Elias Jahshan (@Elias_Jahshan) September 26, 2014

And some just have a bit of weird thing for ASIO apparently and now’s their chance to say it.

#HeyAsio You're so fine. You're so fine you blow my mind #HeyAsio — Luke Stockwell (@jedistocky) September 26, 2014

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Originally published as Hey ASIO, does my bum look big in this?