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Is this the same thing or related to Australian police having the power to compel (under threat of 10 years imprisonment to those who refuse) systems administra
by monkeybutton 5y ago
Is this the same thing or related to Australian police having the power to compel (under threat of 10 years imprisonment to those who refuse) systems administrators to aid in investigations? I'm not Australian but seeing these sorts of laws being implemented in other commonwealth countries is concerning given how often they spread.
- endgame 5y agoNo, those were the Assistance and Access provisions that passed a few years back.
- monkeybutton 5y agoFor what it's worth, I found the article I was thinking of: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2021/help-government-hack-or-face-10-years--jail.html https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2021/help-government-hack-or-f...
- endgame 5y agoInteresting, that article then links to another article discussing the amendments I was referencing: https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2021/encryption-act-has-cost-australian-business-billions.html https://ia.acs.org.au/article/2021/encryption-act-has-cost-a...
- BLKNSLVR 5y agoIt's pretty much an extension of that law, which was already questionable. As an Australian, with the minimal amount of the type of crime that these bills are said to be aimed at in comparison to other parts of the world (like those that actually have physical borders with other countries 'n' shit), it feels as if Australia is being used as a pilot country for the ratcheting (rat-shitting) up of this kind of control to (either or both) gauge public reaction and point to as an example of "well, they implemented it first, so there's precedent" for other five-eyes countries.