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Australia follows New Zealand to demand passwords

posted by martyb on Wednesday October 24 2018, @08:06PM   Printer-friendly
from the Privacy-Envy dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

In the wake of recent changes to NZ law to allow the NZ government to demand traveller's pass codes to their devices when they cross NZ borders, the Australian government is stepping up its plan to snoop on user communications by introducing a systematic weakness or vulnerability to products and systems including ISPs. While being very loose on details and unclear exactly how this would work the so called 'decryption bill' while claiming that "The protections provided in this bill are actually greater than what presently exists in the physical world.” Meanwhile, not one single person has provided concrete information about the practical real world implications of this bill.

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  • (Score: 2) by takyon on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:17PM (5 children)

    by takyon (881) <takyonNO@SPAMsoylentnews.org> on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:17PM (#753281) Journal

    Sure, but Australia is the land of criminals, shitty NBN, c0lo, and deadly creatures.

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  • (Score: 2) by MostCynical on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:42PM

    by MostCynical (2589) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @09:42PM (#753297) Journal

    Not sure about the order of those things..

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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:27PM (3 children)

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Wednesday October 24 2018, @11:27PM (#753379) Journal

    Deadly creatures would suffice, no need of a special mention for c0lo.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:45AM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:45AM (#753420)

      You stole my thunder. Was just about to post that "c0lo, and deadly creatures" was redundant.

      • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:03AM

        by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Thursday October 25 2018, @01:03AM (#753430) Journal

        See also the Deadlys [wikipedia.org] - not gonna get one of those, tho'.

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    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:18PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:18PM (#753626)

      The drop bears are easy to avoid.
      The range of deadly snakes? Not so much.
      Yes, kangaroos will fight back. Bring a gun.