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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   
from the if-you-have-nothing-to-hide dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes:

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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• Re:Mr. Dutton is an asshole. Internationally so (Score: 3, Informative) by fido_dogstoyevsky on Monday November 26 2018, @03:29AM

  by fido_dogstoyevsky (131) <{axehandle} {at} {gmail.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]

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

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