Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous new precedent

Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by briandear on Saturday December 08, 2018 @02:03PM (#18636868)

The problem is that if a back door exists for government, it necessarily exists for anyone.

Here’s Tim Cook making that point: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rQebmygKq7A

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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by cyphar on Saturday December 08, 2018 @11:12PM (#18639242)

I'm aware of that, but in the case of email service providers there is no need for a backdoor. They have access to your emails on-disk since emails are plaintext (in general).

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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by bad_user on Saturday December 08, 2018 @02:18PM (#18636963)

We aren't talking of back doors here.

With an email provider you don't need a back door to get somebody's emails.

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