[AusNOG] Assistance and Access Bill moves to PJCIS

[Nick Stallman]

Also does this mean that the custom firmware for one or a handful of 
targets is not a systemic weakness, but if (when) the custom firmware 
leaks out publicly and can be used criminally, it suddenly does become a 
systemic weakness?

So a request can become illegal after it's already been executed?

Note: I say "when" because by it's very nature, a copy of the firmware 
must be provided to the targeted criminals.
Smart people being targeted could detect and make a copy of it, do a 
diff and hey presto they know exactly what's going on.
It's like DVD encryption - you encrypt the content and then hand over 
the keys so the DVD can be viewed.

On 5/12/18 7:12 am, Scott Weeks wrote:
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> --- me at chrishawker.com.au wrote:
> From: Christopher Hawker <me at chrishawker.com.au>
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> https://apple.news/AOnumlAB9THOmg_8mnMS9DA
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> "Custom firmware built to address one notice or request
> is not a systemic weakness unless it is deployed to
> users other than the intended targeted user."
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> I don't understand.  They're going to write encryption
> software with a weakness they can exploit and then force
> the criminal to put it on his computer?  How do they get
> this malware only on "the intended targeted user('s)"
> computer and no one elses???
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> not jeopardise the security of other users and is not
> a systemic weakness," the department stated.
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> Um, it compromises "the security of other users" in
> that any computer interacting with the malware infected
> computer is compromised by the interaction.
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