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Australia Set To Spy on WhatsApp Messages With Encryption Law (bloomberg.com)
Australia is set to give its police and intelligence agencies the power to access encrypted messages on platforms such as WhatsApp, becoming the latest country to face down privacy concerns in the name of public safety. From a report: Amid protests from companies such as Facebook and Google, the government and main opposition struck a deal on Tuesday that should see the legislation passed by parliament this week. Under the proposed powers, technology companies could be forced to help decrypt communications on popular messaging apps, or even build new functionality to help police access data.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the legislation is needed to help foil terrorist attacks and organized crime. Critics say it is flawed and could undermine security across the Internet, jeopardizing activities from online voting to market trading and data storage.
Prime Minister Scott Morrison has said the legislation is needed to help foil terrorist attacks and organized crime. Critics say it is flawed and could undermine security across the Internet, jeopardizing activities from online voting to market trading and data storage.
Nefarious people already are using this functionality. Don't you think Google has a plaintext copy of all your messages you send over their servers? If you use one of these corporate controlled messaging services you are already being spied upon.
If it were true that Google had a plaintext copy of messages it says are end-to-end encrypted it would be another Snowden moment. I assume you have zero evidence for this assertion or you would have provided it.
I assume the same goes for WhatsApp.
Back in reality for a moment, it actually makes a lot of business sense to use E2E encryption. If you don't you are going to get bombarded with requests from law enforcement, which cost money to process. Not to mention the reputation damage.
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I'm looking forward to Apple turning off iMessage in Australia to make a point.