Australian Attorney General's office to introduce new anti-encryption laws soon
computerworld.com.au
computerworld.com.au
> “It's only 16 days into 2018 and the Australian federal government is back on their bullshit regarding encryption. Last year, before Senator Brandis was ditched as Attorney General (Christian Porter is the new AG), he was following the UK & USA's "encryption is bad" playbook, and joining law enforcement in saying that due to easy to use, strong encryption, predominately on smartphones, Australia's safety is at risk because it's too hard for police to get into confiscated devices. Anyways, the AG's office said that "legislation to enable Australian law enforcement and security agencies to adapt to the challenges posed by ubiquitous encryption is in an advanced stage of development". How the government manages to screw this up will be exciting and innovative.”