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Australian Law Could Criminalize the Teaching of Encryption
New submitter petherfile writes: According to Daniel Mathews, new laws passed in Australia (but not yet in effect) could criminalize the teaching of encryption. He explains how a ridiculously broad law could effectively make any encryption stronger than 512 bits criminal if your client is not Australian. He says, "In short, the DSGL casts an extremely wide net, potentially catching open source privacy software, information security research and education, and the entire computer security industry in its snare. Most ridiculous, though, are some badly flawed technicalities. As I have argued before, the specifications are so imprecise that they potentially include a little algorithm you learned at primary school called division. If so, then division has become a potential weapon, and your calculator (or smartphone, computer, or any electronic device) is a potential delivery system for it."
The DSGL gives Department of Defence bureaucrats incredible power over scientists and researchers. It's a blatant grab for power by a department riddled with corruption:
http://cla.asn.au/News/defence...
http://defencereport.com/austr...
http://bayesian-intelligence.c...
http://web.archive.org/web/201...
I don't know. Consider the Swiss banks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/B...
It's common knowledge there is money on their accounts from several criminal practices, including avoiding taxes.
The Banking Law of 1934 made it a criminal act for a Swiss bank to reveal the name of an account holder.
That law has taken a lot of hits recently. Basically, Uncle Sam has threatened Swiss banks to revoke their license in the US (which would mean that they are not allowed to make any transactions in USD) if they don't cooperate with the IRS. It's blackmail, but it's also for a cause that most of the little people would see as good (tackling tax evasion). Now EU countries are negotiating the same kind of deals.
Dear money launderers and tax evaders, please cross the border to Liechtenstein, or take your money to SE Asia or the Carribeans. Your Swiss representative has already set up your bank account there for you.
Seriously I am living in Islamic country right now. You should try it ,hours and hours of ridiculous jiberish blasted through huge speakers straight into your home or where ever you go. Having to watch what you say because some random will just kill you. Seeing poor women being oppressed every where . Seeing huge mosques being built every where when there is a total lack good infrastructure. I couldnt understand how any sane person knowing the alternatives would want this.
"Avoiding" taxes is NOT a crime. "Evading" taxes IS a crime.
"I do not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it"