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Wow this is amazing. How did whatsapp react to that Australian law about backdoors?
by getcrunk 4y ago
Wow this is amazing. How did whatsapp react to that Australian law about backdoors?
- forum_ghost 4y agoafaik they only have key disclosure. which you can reveal yourself on clientside? afaik they dont have a backdoor law? can you point to a link? tia
- jeroenhd 4y agoThere's this recent news: https://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryption-law-is-a-threat-to-global-privacy/ https://fee.org/articles/australia-s-unprecedented-encryptio... The existing law is already quite extensive: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/australian-government-ignores-experts-advancing-its-anti-encryption-bill https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2018/09/australian-government-... Theoretically, any Australian could be compelled by the government to sneak backdoors into their bos's software, though I haven't seen any indication that such extreme measures were taken. Australia is quite extreme in their anti encryption laws. Their government's stance has made me distrust Australian software dealing in security, and even Australian developers working on encryption technology. Not because I don't trust Australians per se, but because their government can force good people to do bad things. Were this law to strike in the Netherlands, I'd expect other countries to shun Dutch security software immediately as well.