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Australian government wants to legislate back doors in encryption this year

Accepted submission by MostCynical at 2018-04-13 02:50:36 from the governments are above mathematics dept.
Digital Liberty

The Guardian reports that an
"Australian bill to create back door into encrypted apps in 'advanced stages'
The Australian government is pushing ahead with controversial legislation it says will create “back doors” into encrypted communication services – but still can’t say when it will introduce the bill.

After originally aiming to have the legislation before parliament in the first quarter of this year, the government has delayed its introduction. A spokesman for the acting attorney general, Marise Payne, would only say it was in “the advanced stages of development”.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2018/apr/13/australian-bill-to-create-back-door-into-encrypted-apps-in-advanced-stages [theguardian.com]


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