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A recent alleged Islamic terrorist plot in Melbourne has prompted fresh calls from Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to endorse the Assistance and Access Bill, proposed in August 2018, which may help government agencies access user data on computers and mobile devices.
Mr. Dutton believes that the planned attack involving Hanifi Halis, Ertunc Eriklioglu, and Samed Eriklioglu may have been successful if the alleged terrorists had solely used encrypted communications for planning. Mr. Dutton described the ease at which criminals and potential terrorists could communicate as an "unacceptable risk". According to police, counter-terrorism agents have foiled 15 attempted attacks since 2014, four of which have been described as "major".
(Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday November 25 2018, @05:32AM
if it comes to australia it will come to the rest of south east asia.
these countries are still relient on the "mini-amerika" of the region to set technical standards.
what south east asia needs is more protection from possible autocratic rulers in the future, not less.
however since the usa has pivoted from the middle east towards asia, especially china, communication lines need to be "soften up" in case china doesnt back down or agrees to some shared profit from south china sea oil (racket)?
it is sad that a long history of friendly cooperation between australia and south east asia is put to the stake because the far away ally has a sudden interest in the region.
i guess times change ...