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Not just "pushes", they have already passed a law where they can secretly force sysadmins to create backdoors for them under threat of 15 years jail, with no legal representation. No warrant necessary, just the approval of a retired judge. And no reporting. You can't make this shit up.

Stasi commandant Dutton has also recently introduced a bill to interrogate 14 year olds with no legal representation as well.

Bloody scary what's happening here.

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I don’t understand what’s going on in Australia. Why are there so many draconian spying and privacy invasion laws there? When I think of countries affected by terrorism, Australia isn’t the one that comes to my mind. So, what’s the justification behind all of this?

Some combination of "the children!!" And while we aren't the centre of terrorism, that doesn't stop the "encryption promotes terrorism" idea that so many ill informed people seem to have.

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