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Re:Australia Encrypted Messaging Bill to Pass After Labor St... by ta7683287632 on Thursday December 06, 2018 @03:02PM (#18621567)
They can only compel companies within (incorporated in?) Australia is my understanding, not foreign companies. This is a sad day for a government going out of control; I didn't elect representatives to be this over-reaching or to ignore the wishes of the people like this; again under that old chestnut guise of "Terror!". Doesn't even need a warrant, just a nod from an ex-magistrate, and I'm sure the right ones can always be found.

But I suspect this'll be a testbed for the other Five Eyes; if the public don't make a big noise, I'd expect to see this in the UK, US, NZ and Canada etc pretty soon.

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