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Good luck trying to decrypt them.

by pushedx 8y ago

close04 8y ago
This is probably a 2 part law. The second part forces them to provide a feasible decryption mechanism.
- EliRivers 8y ago
  Fortunately, in Australia, mathematical laws are trumped by Australian law, so there will be no pesky mathematical laws about the impossibility of decryption getting in the way!
  - boyter 8y ago
    For those who do not know, the above is a quote by our current Prime Minister, who said “The laws of Math are very commendable, but they are not higher than the laws of Australia” This is the same muppet who claimed that nobody needs more than 25 Mbps of network bandwidth.
    - candiodari 8y ago
      This is law, so: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png Except the guy beating you with the wrench (more likely bankrupting and imprisoning you) is doing it with full legal authority, and zero recourse to you (though the Australian police certainly isn't shy about getting in a few shots while they're doing the bankrupting and imprisoning stuff [1], and I seriously doubt that in prisons, where you're totally at their mercy, they behave better). Parliaments think they're omnipotent, and any company that doesn't want to run the above risk (Just ask Kim Dotcom), has to comply. Oh and no worries, if the company itself is safe, are you sure all it's employees and family members of those employees are safe from that government too ? [2] "But it can't happen here, our police is better". [3] (is a link to police officers threatening entire families of immigrants, for years, and when they are finally found out, the government protected them from prosecution, instead simply asking them to resign ...) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJWeSh_aKLw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJWeSh_aKLw [2] https://www.meydan.tv/en/site/news/21238/ https://www.meydan.tv/en/site/news/21238/ [3] https://www.smh.com.au/national/sydney-crime-arrests-the-inside-story-of-corruption-in-australian-border-force-20170809-gxsuka.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/sydney-crime-arrests-the-ins...

Good luck trying to decrypt them.

close04 8y ago

This is probably a 2 part law. The second part forces them to provide a feasible decryption mechanism.

EliRivers 8y ago
Fortunately, in Australia, mathematical laws are trumped by Australian law, so there will be no pesky mathematical laws about the impossibility of decryption getting in the way!
- boyter 8y ago
  For those who do not know, the above is a quote by our current Prime Minister, who said “The laws of Math are very commendable, but they are not higher than the laws of Australia” This is the same muppet who claimed that nobody needs more than 25 Mbps of network bandwidth.
  - candiodari 8y ago
    This is law, so: http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png http://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png Except the guy beating you with the wrench (more likely bankrupting and imprisoning you) is doing it with full legal authority, and zero recourse to you (though the Australian police certainly isn't shy about getting in a few shots while they're doing the bankrupting and imprisoning stuff [1], and I seriously doubt that in prisons, where you're totally at their mercy, they behave better). Parliaments think they're omnipotent, and any company that doesn't want to run the above risk (Just ask Kim Dotcom), has to comply. Oh and no worries, if the company itself is safe, are you sure all it's employees and family members of those employees are safe from that government too ? [2] "But it can't happen here, our police is better". [3] (is a link to police officers threatening entire families of immigrants, for years, and when they are finally found out, the government protected them from prosecution, instead simply asking them to resign ...) [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJWeSh_aKLw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJWeSh_aKLw [2] https://www.meydan.tv/en/site/news/21238/ https://www.meydan.tv/en/site/news/21238/ [3] https://www.smh.com.au/national/sydney-crime-arrests-the-inside-story-of-corruption-in-australian-border-force-20170809-gxsuka.html https://www.smh.com.au/national/sydney-crime-arrests-the-ins...