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."
(Score: 2, Informative) by MostCynical on Friday April 13 2018, @09:15PM (1 child)
unfortunately, the Greens have been painted as loonies by both the major parties, and lots of people (voters) believe the smears.
Both the Labor and Liberal parties are effectively centre rigt, or mid-right wing, with economic rationalism tothe core.
Any legislation leading to more control is considered to be A Good Thing.
Polititicans in Australia are already exempt from the meta-data collection, so I imagine they will also be allowed to use "working" encryption..
"I guess once you start doubting, there's no end to it." -Batou, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
(Score: 3, Informative) by c0lo on Saturday April 14 2018, @12:19AM
The bouncycastle.org guys are Aussies. So is the the guy with Codec2 [rowetel.com] (voice codec at 700 and 3200 bit/s).
I don't think putting together an Android app is such a big thing,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoFiw2jMy-0 https://soylentnews.org/~MichaelDavidCrawford