Regardless of what the laws of mathematics state around breaking into end-to-end encryption, the Australian government is determined to bring in laws that go against them, with the Prime Minister of Australia telling ZDNet that the laws produced in Canberra are able to trump the laws of mathematics
"The laws of Australia prevail in Australia, I can assure you of that," he said on Friday. "The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia."
Turnbull also shows his erudition in regards with all cyber.
Under questioning from journalists, Turnbull gave his definition of a backdoor.
"A back door is typically a flaw in a software program that perhaps the -- you know, the developer of the software program is not aware of and that somebody who knows about it can exploit," he said. "And, you know, if there are flaws in software programs, obviously, that's why you get updates on your phone and your computer all the time."
"So we're not talking about that. We're talking about lawful access."
And, if the highest authority in Australia isn't enough, the Australian Attorney General also brings in an irrefutable argument from overseas authority - come on, punk, I dare you try to refute GCHQ, see what happens.
Speaking earlier on Friday morning, Brandis said he has been informed by the UK's Government Communications Headquarters (GCHQ) intelligence agency that the government's plan to bust encrypted messages is possible.
"Last Wednesday, I met with the chief cryptographer at GCHQ ... and he assured me this was feasible," he said.
Newscientist, buzzfeed, huffpo.
[Typo corrected post-publication - Ed.(FP)]
(Score: 1) by jb on Monday July 17 2017, @10:31AM (5 children)
That's physics, rather than mathematics, but it wouldn't surprise me at all if, after claiming victory over the laws of mathematics, he were to decide to take on the laws of physics next...
(Score: 4, Insightful) by looorg on Monday July 17 2017, @10:37AM (1 child)
Physics is just applied mathematics.
https://xkcd.com/435/ [xkcd.com]
(Score: 1, Touché) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @02:41PM
Don't forget to look at the title text. It explains why you're wrong.
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Monday July 17 2017, @10:39AM (2 children)
Real numbers, division and equality are mathematics.
(Score: 3, Funny) by jb on Monday July 17 2017, @10:51AM (1 child)
Given that in this case, the desired progress is imaginary, wouldn't its derivative also be?
(Score: 2) by unauthorized on Monday July 17 2017, @11:02AM
Surely it will approach zero as the imaginary progress increases.