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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: 2) by DannyB on Monday June 18 2018, @02:57PM (2 children)

    by DannyB (5839) Subscriber Badge on Monday June 18 2018, @02:57PM (#694529) Journal

    Golden Key is a euphemism for Back Door.

    So stop calling it Golden Key. It's a Back Door. One that the government intends to (unsuccessfully) keep secure.

    But the road to hell is paved with good intentions. Think of the Children!

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  • (Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday June 18 2018, @03:12PM (1 child)

    by tangomargarine (667) on Monday June 18 2018, @03:12PM (#694533)

    how about Golden Anus

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    • (Score: 5, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 18 2018, @03:23PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 18 2018, @03:23PM (#694539)

      This is all bad enough without your bringing POTUS into it.