Australia passes anti-encryption law

More like "Have a backdoor" and please tell us about that. So that we can spy on people keeping on the stake of individual and national security

https://thehackernews.com/2018/12/...

Fuck I love my country sometimes

Yeah fuck all that.

"... ability to install software, decrypt"

Theres a damn good reason I don't trust WhatsApp with my shit.

Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has previously made his position on encryption clear last year, saying "The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia."

New law guys!! 2+2 is now 5!!! human laws override everything! And whoever say otherwise will be multed

I would love to see tech companies actually grow some balls about it and say "well we can no longer sell out products in your country, so Australia can no longer use windows, apple OS / iPhones .. etc etc... " the fallout would be f*cking hilarious.

@mngr welcome to the dark ages - I mean - Australia

@iamrp will Australia have to ban GNU/linux? There isn't ANY company shipping Debian, for example. Or arch, it is just available online.

what about people that already have it installed?

This isn’t an anti-encryption law, in the sense that it’s illegal to have encryption.

What this does is allows ALL levels of police (state + federal + border force - yes this will affect tourists as well) to gain access to any device with use of a warrant (for now at least) and force companies to decrypt the contents, either directly or with use of additional hardware or software as needed.

Previously laws allowed for this ( well sort of, but not to the extent of forcing companies to decrypt things), but they had up to a week with the device, now law enforcement can have the device for 30 days. So with enough effort that’s a hell of a long time under a decryption mechanism.

In the event a company refuse ms when it’s been made mandatory (level 2 or 3), said company will be fined up to $10 million, plus if I read it right, individuals will be fined up to $50,000.

@C0D4

Sure, but who, if not me, is going to be able to decrypt data on my homemade machine, under legal pressure from the Australian government? What corporate entity would be considered responsible for encryption that wasn't created or deployed by any corporation? Does this make using GPG, SSL/TLS, or openssh a criminal act in Australia?

"The Bill could allow the government to order the makers of smart home speakers to install persistent eavesdropping capabilities..."

They're just trying to make existing things legal.

Sounds like RSA/PGP is illegal in aussieland.
Bo tutanota, no signal, no protonmail, no LUKS, ... no @Root.

Fuck! The world is going to have th next world war soon!

@bahua that’s where the individual fines come in I suppose.

And no, use of such things is not illegal, encrypt anything you want, which is why I said it’s “not an anti-encryption law”, it’s works on the other side of the coin, forcing you or a company to do the decryption.

"Technical Capability Notice (TCN): This notice is issued by the Attorney-General requiring companies to "build a new capability" to decrypt communications for Australian law enforcement."

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😂🤣🤣 that's just fucked up.