Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security?

Re:Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security? by taneq on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @07:17PM (#18974361)

Australian here. I hope Apple etc.do just walk away. Our government has been a continual embarrassment for a decade now and they're just getting worse. Until they start getting reality checks they'll just continue pulling stupid stunts like this.

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Re:Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security? by SimplePeople on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @08:09PM (#18974714)

Absolutely agree.

This is a dumb, untenable, largely unenforceable and pointless law.

Even if Apple were to start delaying product releases in Australia by six months to do "legislative compliance reviews" or some such. With telcos on-board, this might encourage our politicians to listen to actual experts when touting this kind of legislation.

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Re:Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security? by tanbog on Tuesday January 22, 2019 @10:23PM (#18975380)

This law was passed with support from the opposition labor party.

The stupidy here crosses the isle.

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Re:Did Australia Poke a Hole in Your Phone’s Security? by taneq on Wednesday January 23, 2019 @12:50AM (#18975964)

Oh, totally. I meant "government" in the sense of the entire institution, not just the current party in power. The whole of Canberra needs to get its shit together.

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