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

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: 1) by TechieRefugee on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:43PM

    by TechieRefugee (5665) on Wednesday October 24 2018, @10:43PM (#753353)

    Something where they wouldn't really see much of any use digging into it, like a light W7 install with the basics (Chrome/Firefox and a few other common apps maybe). Obviously without VeraCrypt installed to it, you'd need to do that once you're where you need to be. Of course, the best option is to not go to countries like this with horrible practices, but that ain't always possible.