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posted by Fnord666 on Monday July 17 2017, @10:13AM   Printer-friendly
from the ok-then dept.

ZDNet story

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)]

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  • (Score: 1, Interesting) by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @11:28AM

    by Anonymous Coward on Monday July 17 2017, @11:28AM (#540258)

    ... which, in turn, tells you a lot about why the world is in it's current, sorry state.

    (Well, at least if you accept the isomorphism of human incompetence and stupidity across spatial and organizational boundaries. But I think we can agree on that one, here)

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