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posted by cmn32480 on Monday July 17 2017, @08:12PM   Printer-friendly
from the time-to-move-off-the-cloud dept.

Arthur T Knackerbracket has found the following story:

The bill will go into effect in November.

The Australian government is implementing laws that'll pressure tech giants like Facebook and Google to decrypt messages for terrorist and criminal investigators, Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull announced on Friday, reports the ABC.

Investigators would ask for assistance from Apple, Facebook, Google and others in cases regarding terrorism, pedophile rings and drug trafficking.

"We've got a real problem in that the new law enforcement agencies are increasingly unable to find out what terrorists and drug traffickers and pedophile rings are up to because of the very high levels of encryption," Turnbull said to reporters.

"Where we can compel it, we will," he added, "but we will need the cooperation from the tech companies."

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by MrGuy on Monday July 17 2017, @09:50PM (3 children)

    by MrGuy (1007) on Monday July 17 2017, @09:50PM (#540595)

    ...when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away." --Philip K Dick

    An ACTUAL QUOTE from Turnbull in TFA: "The laws of mathematics are very commendable but the only laws that apply in Australia is the law of Australia."

    Words fail me.

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  • (Score: 3, Funny) by hendrikboom on Monday July 17 2017, @10:58PM (1 child)

    by hendrikboom (1125) Subscriber Badge on Monday July 17 2017, @10:58PM (#540619) Homepage Journal

    There's impressive room here for the Australian legislature to settle matters about which mathematicians have been arguing for ages. Or even ones they have proved undecidable, since Australian law overrides mere proof.

  • (Score: 1) by purple_cobra on Thursday July 20 2017, @03:47PM

    by purple_cobra (1435) on Thursday July 20 2017, @03:47PM (#541943)

    Hopefully someone will kick the stupid bugger over a cliff so he can see what other laws trump those of Australia.