Australia’s horrific new encryption law likely to obliterate its tech scene
https://thenextweb.com/politics/2018...ts-tech-scene/
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The three notices are:
Technical Assistance Notices (TAN): these are sent when a company has the ability to decrypt a message, bypass encryption, or provide access to user logs including inputs before encryption or after end-decryption. These are compulsory and refusal can result in financial penalties.
Technical Capability Notices (TCN): these would compel companies to build infrastructure to enable access for law enforcement – though by definition cannot force a company to “weaken” encryption for all users.
Technical Assistance Requests (TAR): these, despite being voluntary (they carry no penalty if a person refuses), circumvent the rules surrounding mandatory requests, including their inclusion in oversight reports.
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There’s no language in the bill’s documentation indicating a person has to be suspected of a crime, but merely “involved in inquiries pertaining to” one, in order for the law to cover an order for access.
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