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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.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by choose another one on Monday June 18 2018, @02:57PM
> No matter who gets the bill it is still going to be the victims who pay for it.
That's the beauty of the game of politics, you are only spending other people's money.
Run the economy spectacularly well - the people pay (in tax)
Bankrupt the country - the people pay
Everything in between - the people pay