For those that would like more reading here is the explanatory bill: https://bit.ly/2NR4tTh
Three important things to note technical assistance requests, technical assistance notice and technical capability notice.
Three important things to note technical assistance requests, technical assistance notice and technical capability notice.
The type of assistance that may be requested or required under the above powers include (amongst other things):
* Removing a form of electronic protection applied by the provider, if the provider has an existing capability to remove this protection.
* Providing technical information like the design specifications of a device or the characteristics of a service.
* Installing, maintaining, testing or using software or equipment given to a provider by an agency.
* Formatting information obtained under a warrant.
* Facilitating access to devices or services.
* Helping agencies test or develop their own systems and capabilities.
* Notifying agencies of major changes to their systems, productions or services that are relevant to the effective execution of a warrant or authorisation.
* Modifying or substituting a target service.
* Concealing the fact that agencies have undertaken a covert operation
Many of these clauses are so vague ("Providing technical information like the design specifications...") that they show either a fundamental lack of practical technology knowledge, or, are deliberately vague so that the arms of the Orwellian Australian federal government octopus can create the intended backdoor without explicitly calling it a backdoor. Maybe both are true?
Was it William Shakespeare who once proffered: is a backdoor by another, obfuscated name, still a backdoor?
Protip for those playing along at home: add a + to a bitly URL to view info, such as the target URL without having to go there.
""Should governments continue to encounter impediments to lawful access to information ... we may pursue technological, enforcement, legislative or other(!) measures"
Translation: Fuck your sovereignty, we'll use violence to get what we want.
Australia doesn't interfere with sovereignty to a fault. Julian Assange, The Bali 9, Peter Greste. So it'll be interesting if there's any Australian response to the James Ricketson situation in Cambodia.