Newbier Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 (edited) In the name of national security...yeah right. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2h3iSA-Vac https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2018/12/australia-passes-new-law-to-thwart-strong-encryption/https://thehackernews.com/2018/12/australia-anti-encryption-bill.html https://www.extremetech.com/internet/281991-australia-becomes-first-western-nation-to-ban-secure-encryption Edited January 16, 2019 by Newbier Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoSHMagiC0de Posted January 16, 2019 Share Posted January 16, 2019 Hmm, wonder if encryption software people who have no way of decrypting customer data can just not offer their products to Australia to avoid breaking their software? I would. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbier Posted January 16, 2019 Author Share Posted January 16, 2019 Or code offer an alternate version of your piece of software for the kangaroos if it doesn't go against any morals Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildposer Posted February 12, 2019 Share Posted February 12, 2019 Encryption doesn't matter if it's in web. Everything in web can be hacked. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbier Posted February 13, 2019 Author Share Posted February 13, 2019 17 hours ago, wildposer said: Encryption doesn't matter if it's in web. Everything in web can be hacked. no doubt but do you understand the ramifications of this law in Australia being part of the five eyes and all, and i do know if they want your data they already can get it, or are people like EFF just wasting their breath. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icarus255 Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 I was upset by this at first but after I thought about it and did a bit of research the new laws won't have as large of an impact as most people think. Firstly, the laws are very vague and were rushed through parliament without much thought on how they will be implemented. It's all well and good to say the Australian government has these new powers but if a manufacturer or software developer resides in another country where Australian laws do not apply then how can the Australian government enforce its policy? Secondly, a lot of software developers co-operate with government agencies anyway and provide private keys on demand e.g. Skype, Facebook, (and I'm sure many others that haven't admitted it yet). If people are relying on large corporations to secure their privacy or believe that they have the individual's best interests at heart then we have bigger problems then these new laws. Thirdly, you can't create backdoors in existing and proven encryption algorithms just because the law says that we need to. The only thing you can do is ask developers and manufacturers to create backdoors in their platforms and handover user keys but this has its limitations (refer point 1). The only real way to defeat encryption in my opinion is for manufacturers to create backdoors into devices like laptops, phones, etc and provide access to governments on demand. By access I mean the ability to capture key strokes and screen content so it wouldn't matter what encryption algo you are using because they would see it all in plain text as you type it. Will it get to that? Maybe who knows but hopefully we will be a step ahead 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
handletwo0nne Posted May 6, 2019 Share Posted May 6, 2019 On 2/12/2019 at 4:50 AM, wildposer said: Encryption doesn't matter if it's in web. Everything in web can be hacked. Thank you, Deepak Chopra Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wildposer Posted May 14, 2019 Share Posted May 14, 2019 On 5/6/2019 at 3:24 AM, handletwo0nne said: Thank you, Deepak Chopra u r welcome. hope you will find method. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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