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Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by zmmmmm on Saturday December 08, 2018 @08:05PM (#18638575)
I think it's vanishingly small because my software is pretty niche and the chance that anyone who is a target actually uses it is tiny just by pure laws of numbers. And then even if that happens they are much more likely to identify a bigger company that they can leverage before hitting me as the best vector into that person's devices. There simply isn't much value in getting my software backdoored compared to Google, Apple, Facebook, Microsoft, etc.

But that doesn't help my on the other side of the equation where I need to sign contracts that directly prohibit things that I would be mandated to do under these laws (and do secretly). I will need to come up with some interesting boiler plate escape clauses that allow for it without sounding completely dodgy.

Re:Australia’s vague anti-encryption law sets a dangerous ne... by brokenmachine on Saturday December 08, 2018 @10:14PM (#18639032)
I think the govt will attack smaller companies first, the ones who don't have the means to refuse.

They'd be stupid to start with giants like Apple or Google.