[vermilingua]

> great to see the government act with expertise

I’ve seen the Australian government accused of many things, but that’s certainly a first. This is the same country whose prime minister once said “The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia”.

[globalnode]

That was back in 2017 when the govts were all up in arms over encryption. Apparently they don't mind it too much now, which means it all must be back door'able for them.

[vermilingua]

Has been backdoor(ed|able) for FVEY (via Australia) since 2018.

https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/natio...

[globalnode]

5y in jail if you refuse to give a password and power to covertly access devices and conceal that fact if they desire. Yikes, they don't mess around.

[Der_Einzige]

By far the most bootlicking country in the Anglo world. Disgusting, and their political system should be shattered into the wind

[HPsquared]

Nature or nurture? Australia did start off as a penal colony in the early days.

And the USA started, in large part, as a destination for religious extremists. Funny how these things keep coming up again and again!

[ruthmarx]

The problem is Australians are fine with it. They might be the population with the most people saying "if you've done nothing wrong you have nothing to worry about" in the world, by a large margin.

[kreetx]

> over 95 per cent of the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation’s (ASIO) most dangerous counter-terrorism targets use encrypted communications

Some humorous sentences in there :).

[llm_trw]

This government also agrees on the topic.

[ShinTakuya]

This came from the less competent conservative government to be fair, although the current one is still very flawed.