Australia Mandates Encryption Backdoors

(wired.com)

32 points | by simpleintheory a day ago ago

6 comments

  • AlgebraFox a day ago ago

    So at any point in time, atleast one government pushes for encryption backdoors. I can't wait to see the faces of these morons when the backdoor backfires on their own government secrets.

    • Padriac a day ago ago

      Australian Government information at the Secret level never touches the Internet.

      • VoidWhisperer a day ago ago

        Never say never. All it takes is one case of the encrypted data being outside a secure setting due to the 'human' factor, and then this mandated backdoor can be used to decrypt it.

        Of course, they won't ever mandate a backdoor be added in their encryption system

    • jiggawatts a day ago ago

      That’ll be a different set of politicians by that point, and they will blame everyone but themselves.

    • hulitu a day ago ago

      > I can't wait to see the faces of these morons when the backdoor backfires on their own government secrets.

      Thank god we have free press but almost none reporting.

      https://responsiblestatecraft.org/senators-arctic-frost/

  • rendaw a day ago ago

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