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Being the the country with the weakest civil rights protections in the 5 eyes allows us to be used as a test bed. If this thing goes smoothly, expect the same
by thiagocsf 8y ago
Being the the country with the weakest civil rights protections in the 5 eyes allows us to be used as a test bed.
If this thing goes smoothly, expect the same to be attempted in UK, US, NZ and CA.
- lamerman 8y agoI think, you are right. It looks like governments globally are doing it. It may be a good indicator that encryption actually is hard for them at least on big scale. Russia also introduced a law year ago that forces companies to help "police" decrypt traffic, it works very selectively now though. It has of course nothing with criminals or terrorists, there is something more. :)
- A2017U1 8y agoIt doesn't need to be implemented anywhere else, the wording of the legislation specifically says they can ask on behalf of other nations.