INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Just a few short days after the Australian Government originally announced its intention to pass new, far-reaching anti-encryption laws
Those requests will go directly to the tech company responsible for the specific encrypted messaging service.Despite the Opposition Labor
proviso that the government reconsider its proposed amendments when the government next sits in early 2019.However, this proviso is one
Australian citizens from serious crimes such as terrorism, child sex offences, as well as drug- and gun-related crimes
The Australian Government believes that 95% of suspects currently surveilled by spy agencies are using such encrypted messaging
apps.However, critics have panned the laws as being short-sighted and missing the point of encryption
backdoors), there may be little alternative when it comes to encryption, and the terminology used in the bill has been hotly debated.The new
laws will mean that if an Australian agency requests access to what it believes are criminal communications occurring over WhatsApp,
Messenger or iMessage, the likes of Facebook and Apple will be legally obligated to decrypt their messages.Critics of the laws have pointed
out that, by its very nature, secure end-to-end encryption necessitates that only the parties involved in a message chain are able to see
communications in their decrypted form, and that building a vulnerability (backdoor) into the software critically undermines the security of
the entire system.Global repercussionsInternational privacy groups and tech companies such as Mozilla, Cisco, and Apple have criticised the
laws as having the ability to make the entire internet less secure due to the universal nature of the encryption services being used.For
instance, if Apple is forced to build a vulnerability into its products for the sake of an Australian investigation, this could well mean
said they fear they'll receive the same kind of ban when attempting to export their products.While Australia may be the first to institute
