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When a reporter asked [ex] Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about encryption: “Won’t the laws of mathematics trump the laws of Australia?” Mr. Turnb
by RachelF 2y ago
When a reporter asked [ex] Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull about encryption:
“Won’t the laws of mathematics trump the laws of Australia?”
Mr. Turnbull reportedly responded:
“Well the laws of Australia prevail in Australia, I can assure you of that. The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia.”
- lostlogin 2y agoThis is so ridiculous I assumed it made up. It isn’t. https://www.independent.co.uk/news/malcolm-turnbull-prime-minister-laws-of-mathematics-do-not-apply-australia-encryption-l-a7842946.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/malcolm-turnbull-prime-mi...
- hcfman 2y agoFunny you should say trump and laws in the same sentence :)
- suprjami 2y agoMalcolm Turnbull is the Minister of Technology who canceled a brand new fiber broadband network to reuse rusty copper to roll out more expensive VDSL2 to give Rupert Murdoch a few more years of cable TV sales. Doublespeak is his native tongue. Like all his LNP cronies, he should be in prison for treason.
- simondotau 2y agoTurnbull also claimed that domestic 1Gb connections are absurd because consumers wouldn’t pay the cost of a guaranteed non-contended 1Gb connection.
- red-iron-pine 2y agoAbbot was the PM when that axe fell; Turnbull being his Tech minister itself wouldn't have mattered as anyone in that role would have rolled over. Like, Abbot would have given Telstra and Murdoch the house regardless.