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What is the scope of this law with relation to foreigners? I do not think the bill mentions that only Australians can be targeted by the inquiry from the govern
by phoe-krk 8y ago
What is the scope of this law with relation to foreigners? I do not think the bill mentions that only Australians can be targeted by the inquiry from the government - it mentions any person who develops software allowing people to communicate. To me, this means that the government can reach out to any person in the world, and, if they tell anyone or refuse to cooperate, they commit an Australian crime, in which case, extradition may be requested and occur, leading the person to be brought to Australia, judged, and imprisoned there.
IANAL and I do hope that my train of thought is horribly wrong somewhere, because if the above is true, then every software developer in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Chile, Ecuador, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Republic of Korea, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malaysia, Mexico, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Paraguay, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uruguay, Venezuela, Vietnam, Albania, Bolivia, Colombia, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Iraq, Liberia, Nicaragua, Panama, Peru, Romania, San Marino, Yugoslavia, Akrotiri and Dhekelia, Anguilla, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Bangladesh, Barbados, Belize, Bermuda, Botswana, British Antarctic Territory, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Dominica, Falkland Islands, Gambia, Ghana, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi, Maldives, Malta, Mauritius, Montserrat, Namibia, Nigeria, Pakistan, Pitcairn, Henderson, Ducie and Oeno Islands, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands, Sri Lanka, St Helena, Saint Helena, St Kitts and Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Swaziland, Tanzania, Trinidad and Tobago, Turks and Caicos Islands, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Slovenia, Bosnia, Herzegovina, Cambodia, Canada, Cook Islands, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Fiji, Iceland, Japan, Jordan, Kiribati, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Lithuania, FYR Macedonia, Marshall Islands, Montenegro, Nauru, Papua New Guinea, Serbia, Slovakia, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Tonga, Tuvalu, United Kingdom, Vanuatu and Western Samoa [1] may now be forced by Australian law to commit espionage against their will.
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_Australia#Countries_with_which_Australia_has_extradition_arrangements https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extradition_law_in_Australia#C...