[AusNOG] Government intends to pass TSSR this parliament

[Andrew McN]

I doubt they'd bother trying to breaking encryption.  It seems more
likely that their plan is to force players like Google or IOS to push
malware out to people's phones to circumvent the encryption.

Andrew






On 13/06/17 17:33, Phillip Grasso wrote:
> "The privacy of a terrorist can never be more important than public
> safety. Never."
> 
> Is it a question of privacy or cost? The means exist to decrypt, its
> just more expensive. 
> 
> On 13 June 2017 at 00:16, Mark Newton <newton at atdot.dotat.org
> <mailto:newton at atdot.dotat.org>> wrote:
> 
>     Brandis: "Trust me, we only want the envelope, not the content."
> 
>     <David Speers interviews him to see what that actually means,
>     everybody laughs>
> 
>     Brandis: "Actually, we want the content too."
> 
>     <silence>
> 
> 
>       - mark
> 
> 
>     On 06/13/2017 04:16 PM, James Andrewartha wrote:
> 
>         https://www.pm.gov.au/media/2017-06-13/national-security-statement
>         <https://www.pm.gov.au/media/2017-06-13/national-security-statement>
> 
>         Also includes the usual BS about breaking encryption in the name of
>         national security, aka the war on maths.
> 
>         "However encrypted messaging applications are also used by
>         criminals and
>         terrorists - at the moment much of this traffic is difficult for our
>         security agencies to decrypt, and indeed for our Five Eyes
>         partners as
>         well.
> 
>         Most of the major platforms of this kind are based in the United
>         States
>         where a strong libertarian tradition resists Government access
>         to private
>         communications as the FBI found when Apple would not help unlock the
>         iPhone of the dead San Bernardino terrorist.
> 
>         The privacy of a terrorist can never be more important than
>         public safety.
>         Never."
> 
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