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posted by Fnord666 on Tuesday August 14 2018, @07:45PM   Printer-friendly
from the just-use-the-front-door dept.

Australia's promised “not-a-backdoor” crypto-busting bill is out and the government has kept its word - it doesn't want a backdoor, just the keys to your front one.

The draft of The Assistance and Access Bill 2018 calls for anyone using or selling communications services in Australia will be subject to police orders for access to private data.

That includes all vendors of computers, phones, apps, social media and cloud services in the Lucky Country, and anyone within national borders using them. These data-tapping orders will be enforced with fines of up to AU$10m (US$7.3m) for companies or $50,000 ($36,368) for individuals

The draft legislation also wants five years in prison for anyone who reveals a data-slurping investigation is going on. And while there's no explicit encryption backdoor requirements in the 110 page draft bill, our first look suggests there doesn't need to be.


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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 15 2018, @02:57PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 15 2018, @02:57PM (#721802)

    The problem is widespread, for example:

            Encryption impacts at least nine out of every ten of ASIO’s priority cases.
            Over 90 per cent of data being lawfully intercepted by the AFP now use some form of encryption.
            Effectively all communications among terrorists and organised crime groups are expected to be encrypted by 2020.

    OMG! Actual detective work may be required! Who knew?