Cryptography News
Australia’s Encryption-Busting Law Could Impact Global Privacy
This means that Australian authorities will be able to compel tech companies like Facebook and Apple to make backdoors in their secure messaging platforms, including WhatsApp and iMessage. Cryptographers and privacy advocates-who have long been staunch opponents of encryption backdoors on public safety and human rights grounds-warn that the legislation poses serious risks, and will have real consequences that reverberate far beyond the land down under.
