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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 VLM on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:24PM (2 children)

    by VLM (445) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:24PM (#753333)

    Not having a pr0n collection will be evidence you're hiding something; just to be a jerk I would D/L the grossest (legal) stuff I can find for the border agents to examine.

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  • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:09AM (1 child)

    by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:09AM (#753394)

    Pr0n might be equally dangerous if you happen to visit an Arab state or just meet an inspector with a mission. Install several Bible/Quran texts or some classical literature from gutenberg.org (as appropriate for your trip and your preferences) and a reader, make sure it opens within a book when launched. Absolutely do not alienate the agents, it's their playing field and they write the rules, you simply cannot win.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @11:00AM

      by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @11:00AM (#753595)

      Pr0n might be equally dangerous if you happen to visit an Arab state

      Or Canada? Or plenty of other nations?

      You may believe it's legal, but as soon as you bring it through customs, it becomes quite illegal indeed.