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"The Australian government doesn’t care much for encryption. It has, for years,
tried to legislate encryption out of the picture. A law passed in 2018 gives
the government the power to compel encryption-breaking efforts from tech
companies.
The law survived a cursory review by the Parliamentary Joint Committee. Its
2021 report said the law was completely legal. And, even though it found
oversight of the new encryption-breaking powers was inadequate, the law was a
good thing for the government. Very little was said about the people affected
by the law or the tech companies being forced to make their offerings less
secure in Australia.
As Australian law enforcement sees it, the only people who actually need
encrypted services and devices are criminals. And that’s why suspected
criminals (who have only been accused of crimes at this point) are being forced
to give up their access to encrypted services, as Ariel Bogle reports for ABC
(the Australian one) News."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
