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New Australian Push For Encryption Backdoor in Wake of Alleged Terrorist Plot

posted by takyon on Sunday November 25 2018, @12:19AM   Printer-friendly
from the if-you-have-nothing-to-hide dept.

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A recent alleged Islamic terrorist plot in Melbourne has prompted fresh calls from Australian Home Affairs Minister Peter Dutton to endorse the Assistance and Access Bill, proposed in August 2018, which may help government agencies access user data on computers and mobile devices.

Mr. Dutton believes that the planned attack involving Hanifi Halis, Ertunc Eriklioglu, and Samed Eriklioglu may have been successful if the alleged terrorists had solely used encrypted communications for planning. Mr. Dutton described the ease at which criminals and potential terrorists could communicate as an "unacceptable risk". According to police, counter-terrorism agents have foiled 15 attempted attacks since 2014, four of which have been described as "major".

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  • (Score: 4, Informative) by bzipitidoo on Sunday November 25 2018, @10:18AM (1 child)

    by bzipitidoo (4388) on Sunday November 25 2018, @10:18AM (#766127) Journal

    Bashing unrealistic portrayals in movies is like shooting fish in a barrel.

    Cops think and do a lot of stupid crap. The kind of guy who lusts to be a cop because he might get to shoot someone, the racist and sexist pigs and power trippers and brownshirt wannabes who want the power to harass ordinary citizens, the sort who construes the most innocent of actions into big crimes-- police departments have a hell of a time keeping bozos like that off the force, or containing their ugly agenda when they do make it on. Incredibly, some cities have this idea that a cop shouldn't be smart, and will reject applicants for being too smart. Dummies with guns and badges is a recipe for embarrassment and farce at the least, and tragedy and disaster at the worst.

    Australia has been in the news a lot lately over their stupid handling of technological matters. This latest demand is merely par for the course. Perhaps Queensland is one of those jurisdictions that doesn't want their cops to be too smart.

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  • (Score: 3, Informative) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Monday November 26 2018, @03:29AM

    by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <axehandleNO@SPAMgmail.com> on Monday November 26 2018, @03:29AM (#766360)

    ...Perhaps Queensland is one of those jurisdictions that doesn't want their cops to be too smart.

    That's grossly unfair!!!

    Back in Joh's [wikipedia.org] day they were widely considered to be the best that money could buy! [wikipedia.org]

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    It's NOT a conspiracy... it's a plot.