<div dir="ltr">Hi Paul,<div><br></div><div>On Wed, 15 Aug 2018 at 13:31, Paul Brooks <<a href="mailto:pbrooks-ausnog@layer10.com.au">pbrooks-ausnog@layer10.com.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<div class="m_-3767039695596670175moz-cite-prefix">Thanks Aftab for the plug - this is
something that IA has been tracking and meeting in Canberra with
various Minister-types down over the past 6-9 months, trying to
determine what they were looking to do, and educate them on the
concerns.<br>
This is data retention all over again. On one hand, as an ISP, if
you don't actually supply end-user devices and all the OTT
messaging apps pass through your network, there may not be much in
this to concern. This Bill is aimed at Samsung/Google/HTC/Oppo,
and OTT service providers like Apple iMessage, WhatsApp, Google
Hangouts, etc.<br>
They were quite insistent they would not be seeking to back-door
encryption, and as it happens, they were right! They just want to
back-door the entire device. And website, which is classed in
there too.<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The legislation is sufficiently vague as to allow pretty much anything the A-G thinks is reasonable at the time the A-G makes a request. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div class="m_-3767039695596670175moz-cite-prefix">
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If you're in Canberra on Monday night, we've got a number of
people from MIT Computer Science and Artificial Inelligence Labs
(CSAIL) and other experts that talk to USA's people, and tickets
still available - From 4:30pm, with free drinks provided
afterwards.<br>
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<a class="m_-3767039695596670175moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/encryption-experts-session-evening-in-canberra-tickets-48911717263" target="_blank">https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/encryption-experts-session-evening-in-canberra-tickets-48911717263</a></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Canberra could be hard to attend from Sydney, but this one may be important enough for me to make the trip. </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div text="#000000" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"><div class="m_-3767039695596670175moz-cite-prefix"><br>
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They're taking feedback/submissions/comments for 4 weeks only - is
anyone planning to submit some comment?<br></div></div></blockquote><div><br></div><div>ITPA is looking to provide feedback. We'd be happy to work with other parties (individuals or organisations) to put up a joint response.</div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br>Robert</div></div></div>