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Old 10th December 2018, 11:29     #1
Nich
 
Ass Access Bill 2018

Honest Government Ad | Anti Encryption Law
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eW-OMR-iWOE


Assistance and Access Bill 2018
https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/help-...cess-bill-2018
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…encrypted devices and applications are eroding the ability of our law enforcement and security agencies to access the intelligible data necessary to conduct investigations and gather evidence.


Here is a summary for IT employees and contractors
https://stateofit.com/interception/

- Companies AND individuals can be drafted to design code that has compromised security
- If a company declines or goes public they will be fined
- If an individual declines, goes public, or tells their employer they will be fined and go to jail.


One giant step backwards for cyber security in encryption bill fiasco
https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/pol...09-p50l5a.html
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For a fleeting moment, we thought the Labor opposition might stand up and see reason, but then both major parties teamed up to push through a law in the final hours of sitting, with a record 173 amendments that were introduced only hours before the vote was cast.

These laws are deeply flawed, and have the likely impact of weakening Australia’s overall cyber security, lowering confidence in e-commerce, reducing standards of safety for data storage and reducing civil right protections. In their very design, they are antithetical to human rights and core democratic principles.


Australia's war on encryption: the sweeping new powers rushed into law
https://www.theguardian.com/technolo...droidApp_Tweet


This isn't just being presented to parliament, it was signed into law in the last session of 2018. This is the law now.
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Old 11th December 2018, 19:15     #2
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Get ready to have your phones confiscated at the border, visitors. They contain crypto not approved by the Australian government.
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Old 11th December 2018, 20:11     #3
Nich
 
More importantly, any software that was even partially developed in Australia now has a greater chance of being spyware due to the fact that Australian government can now covertly recruit individuals to write dodgy code.

For the rest of the world, the logical response is to stop using Australian software engineers, and to blacklist any software developed in Australia.
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Old 11th December 2018, 20:16     #4
Nich
 
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.

Last edited by Nich : 11th December 2018 at 20:19.
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Old 11th December 2018, 20:23     #5
Nich
 
This will also impact NZ software development industry because the world makes assumptions that we the same country.
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Old 11th December 2018, 21:12     #6
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Now wait for the uproar due to NZ firms refusing to work with Australian developed platforms due to security concerns, similar to how some businesses refuse to have Huawei based platforms for the same reasons.
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Old 11th December 2018, 21:38     #7
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Who or what is driving these law changes?
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Old 11th December 2018, 22:00     #8
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I'm guessing they're still chasing Osama bin Laden. It's just taken this long for government bureaucracy to act on the terrorist/Al Qaeda threat.

Better late than never, right?
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