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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by joshschreuder on Saturday December 08, 2018 @04:40PM (#18637693)
Actually they voted on the promise from the Libs that the amendments they proposed would be revisited in 2019, just to make Australia safe over Christmas. Which is somehow even more boneheaded than unanimously agreeing.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-12-07/bill-shorten-says-con...

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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by tomtomau on Saturday December 08, 2018 @09:13PM (#18638814)
Except the law doesn't kick in until the New Year.
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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by stephen_g on Saturday December 08, 2018 @11:43PM (#18639353)
No, it got royal ascent yesterday. It’s now law.

The actual implementation of any capabilities though would take months even if they started requesting them tomorrow.

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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by brokenmachine on Monday December 10, 2018 @12:21AM (#18645416)
>would take months even if they started requesting them tomorrow.

All they have to do is start spamming notices.

It's up to the nerds to figure out how to implement them.

Or Jail.

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