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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: 2) by driverless on Sunday November 25 2018, @11:34AM

    by driverless (4770) on Sunday November 25 2018, @11:34AM (#766133)

    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

    Or more generically:

    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 $thing

    where $thing could be "spaghetti", "used tram tickets", "small red plastic balls", or "idiot Australian politicians". Clearly we need to ban all of those in order to stop terrorism.

    Oh, and also every other $thing describable by nouns as well, they all need to be banned to stop terrorism.

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