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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by brian-armstrong on Saturday December 08, 2018 @01:43PM (#18636734)
No, not reasonable, but it's the will of the Australian people and we should respect their sovereignty.
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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by brokenmachine on Saturday December 08, 2018 @10:03PM (#18638994)
This was not the will of the Australian people.

There was a "consultation period" and 99.7% of the submissions were against it.

https://www.reddit.com/r/australia/comments/a3j466/assistanc... https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1dowpZ_Xtr1N_DgkHJN8i...

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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by talaketu on Saturday December 08, 2018 @11:15PM (#18639251)
Put it this way: it was passed into law with bipartisan support by both democratically elected legislative chambers of the Commonwealth of Australia.

All it took to convince the representatives and senators was for a submission from the Australian Federal Police that it was necessary to investigate threats over Christmas.

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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by brokenmachine on Sunday December 09, 2018 @11:15PM (#18645149)
I really wish at least one of our representatives cared about being soft on privacy.
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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by jakobloekke on Saturday December 08, 2018 @01:53PM (#18636809)
I honestly can’t tell if this is an honest comment, or a dark ironic reference to Trump, Brexit or current Italian politics.
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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by TomMckenny on Saturday December 08, 2018 @02:03PM (#18636871)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law
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