I'd heard of gag orders, but I hadn't heard of secret court orders like that. I searched and found this:
https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/secret-court-opi...
Do you know of other examples?
https://www.aclu.org/news/national-security/secret-court-opi...
Do you know of other examples?
The wording is also... Squirelly. You can't introduce a weakness, but the definition of weakness excludes the entire concept of backdoors.
However, Technical Capability Notices can be ordered where:
> reasonable, proportionate, practicable and technically feasible
The employee/company can push back and argue one of those isn't met, but ultimately it is the office of the Governor General that decides.
So far, it has basically only be used against journalists [1], as far as we know, which is nice and horrific.
[0] https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/natio...
[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-15/abc-raids-australian-...
One could also assume that the owners and/or management of the company are in the same boat as the government/country so they do not mind using the tool for the country's benefit when needed.