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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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Anyone can make an omelet with eggs. The trick is to make one with none.
(Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:51AM (2 children)
That thumb drive had better not be in your possession at the time they are asking for passwords. "Citizen, why do you have an encrypted file on your thumb drive? We need the key. Ohhhh - so you have a backup file for something? For a phone, it seems. Hmmmm. Is it THIS phone? Thank you very much - now give us the real password for the phone - we'll be keeping the phone and the thumb drive. We may also be keeping you."
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday October 25 2018, @12:25PM (1 child)
Hide it up your ass along with your father's gold watch
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday October 27 2018, @08:22AM
With the both arms of that large TSA goon.