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posted by janrinok on Friday April 13 2018, @04:05PM   Printer-friendly
from the governments-are-above-mathematics dept.

The Guardian reports that an "Australian bill to create back door into encrypted apps [is] in 'advanced stages.'" The Australian government is pushing ahead with controversial legislation it says will create "back doors" into encrypted communication services – but still can't say when it will introduce the bill.

After originally aiming to have the legislation before parliament in the first quarter of this year, the government has delayed its introduction. A spokesman for the acting attorney general, Marise Payne, would only say it was in "the advanced stages of development".

[...] "If it is to proceed, Labor calls on the government to release an exposure draft of this legislation, to allow for proper consultation. This is important given the complexities around this novel area of lawmaking."

Greens senator Jordon Steele-John said the whole concept was laughable. "Once the government has a back door into encrypted devices and platforms, everybody has a back door into encrypted devices and platforms," he said.

"That has been proven over and over again. Once it is created, somebody gets in. I wouldn't trust a government that can't keep Medicare information protected to be inserting a back door into a tin shed.

"So I certainly wouldn't be trusting them to do something as serious as this."

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/13/australian-bill-to-create-back-door-into-encrypted-apps-in-advanced-stages


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  • (Score: 2) by bob_super on Friday April 13 2018, @04:34PM (5 children)

    by bob_super (1357) on Friday April 13 2018, @04:34PM (#666509)

    Yes, the crooks and terrorists will totally avoid downloading encryption tools without backdoors.

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  • (Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @05:03PM (4 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @05:03PM (#666521)

    Ordinary people who know the importance of privacy will also download encryption tools without backdoors. I guess that would make them "crooks," but that really just shows that that label has no meaning when so many unjust laws exist.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @06:18PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @06:18PM (#666567)

      If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear, citizen! Criminal encryption is only needed by criminals, citizen! Do not worry! You can trust me, citizen!

      (Dumb fucks.)

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @08:26PM (1 child)

        by Anonymous Coward on Friday April 13 2018, @08:26PM (#666618)

        Look at all the snide comments coming from the anonymous cowards. Find your courage. Put your name on it writ large.
        Sincerely,
        JOHN HANCOCK

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @10:24AM

          by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 14 2018, @10:24AM (#666862)

          We know your real name, Mr. Handcock.

      • (Score: 2) by Demena on Saturday April 14 2018, @12:05AM

        by Demena (5637) on Saturday April 14 2018, @12:05AM (#666668)

        Bullshit. I have things to hide. But they are neither illegal nor immoral nor political. Lots of people have things to hide