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posted by Fnord666 on Monday June 18 2018, @08:34AM   Printer-friendly
from the take-my-kingdom dept.

The Australian Government believes that it needs a golden key to backdoor encryption within Australia via legislation. The Brits and the Yanks have both already had a nudge at this and both have conceded that requiring a backdoor to encryption is not viable but this will not stop the Australian Liberal Party from trying.

Digital rights experts have described the proposal as "ludicrous" as Cyber security minister Angus Taylor stating that the legislation would be presented for public comment within the next quarter. While the Australian Government has not detailed how it expects to gain access to encrypted data, companies may be penalized if they don't kowtow to the new laws. There is nothing to be discussed here that hasn't been said before other than the Australian Government sincerely believes it can force companies to divulge encrypted data to authorities on demand.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 18 2018, @10:56AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 18 2018, @10:56AM (#694476)

    bazaar world view

    Freudian slip or deliberate satire from down under?

  • (Score: 2) by requerdanos on Monday June 18 2018, @03:39PM

    by requerdanos (5997) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 18 2018, @03:39PM (#694544) Journal

    bazaar world view

    Freudian slip or deliberate satire from down under?

    I thought it was an odd way to say "supportive of bustling free trade" but that didn't quite fit the context.

    I would say instead that their world view is unusual, odd, or downright bizarre. But to each his own.