The Australian Parliament’s Anti –Encryption Law Opening Doors to Potential Cyber Attacks
on Thursday, February 28, 2019 | The Australian Parliament recently gave a green light to an “anti-encryption” law i.e. the Assistance and Access Bill,...
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Tech giants and civil liberty groups call out ghost cops and source code demands under Australian encryption laws
A collective of companies and civil liberty groups including Apple, Amazon, Google, Microsoft, Facebook, Privacy International, Linux Australia, and the Electronics Frontier Foundation have...
Duelling ghosts battle over encryption laws in a dying Parliament
When Australia’s Labor opposition caved in and Parliament rushed through the Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act in December 2018, it was with the understanding...
Australian Senate votes to replace systemic weakness and vulnerability definitions in encryption laws
The first of Labor’s dumped amendments when it waved through Australia’s encryption laws in December has succeeded, and will see the contentious definitions of...
Google Improves Android Encryption with Adiantum
Google this week announced Adiantum, a new form of encryption aimed at Android devices without cryptographic acceleration. Meant to protect user data if a...
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Google Created Faster Storage Encryption for All Low-End Devices
Google has launched a new encryption algorithm that has been built specifically to run on mobile phones and smart IoT devices that don’t have...
Google’s Adiantum gives your mobile device an encryption boost
Google In the spirit of Safer Internet Day, Google has announced the launch of Adiantum, a new encryption standard for mobile devices. On Thursday,...
Canberra ignoring ‘overwhelming empirical evidence’ on encryption busting
University of Melbourne associate professor Vanessa Teague has told a forum that despite Canberra trying to not break stuff, that it is exactly what...
AFP concerned about approving state police usage of Australia’s encryption laws
The Australian Federal Police (AFP) has used its submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s (PJCIS) Inquiry into Australia’s encryption laws...
Home Affairs reveals Australian authorities already using new encryption powers
The Department of Home Affairs (DHA) has used its submission to the Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security’s (PJCIS) Inquiry into Australia’s encryption...