How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
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Re: How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
#2Fantasy land stuff. Moxie is going to backdoor his encryption because some Australians he's never heard of tell him to?
The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, is a noted user of Signal...
One day these stories will be written by and about people who have a clue. One day...
Re: How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
#3> Attorney-General George Brandis said the government will not pursue the controversial "backdoor" access option by forcing firms to plant flaws in their encryption software that would allow it to be cracked by police or security agencies
Forcing firms not to implement end-to-end encryption is forcing firms to implement flaws in their encryption software.
Re: How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
#4Once again politicians making decisions about stuff they fundamentally misunderstand.
Re: How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
#5Fantasy land stuff. Moxie is going to backdoor his encryption because some Australians he's never heard of tell him to? The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, is a noted user of Signal... One day these stories will be written by and about people who have a clue. One day...
It says specifically that the government will _not_ pursue the backdoor options; seems that they just want to have clearer international protocols around warrants for information. Seems sensible if you ask me.
Re: How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
#6Once again politicians making decisions about stuff they fundamentally misunderstand.
What do you mean? The article basically boils down to Brandis wanting international intelligence agency protocols for warrants to get access to info like this.
Re: How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
#7> Attorney-General George Brandis said the government will not pursue the controversial "backdoor" access option by forcing firms to plant flaws in their encryption software that would allow it to be cracked by police or security agencies Forcing firms not to implement end-to-end encryption is forcing firms to implement flaws in their encryption software.
> Forcing firms not to implement end-to-end encryption is forcing firms to implement flaws in their encryption software.
Which is why they're not pursuing it presumably.
Re: How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
#8> Attorney-General George Brandis said the government will not pursue the controversial "backdoor" access option by forcing firms to plant flaws in their encryption software that would allow it to be cracked by police or security agencies Forcing firms not to implement end-to-end encryption is forcing firms to implement flaws in their encryption software.
> Forcing firms not to implement end-to-end encryption is forcing firms to implement flaws in their encryption software. Which is why they're not pursuing it presumably.
> Given the difficulty of cracking end-to-end encrypted messages during transmission, one option would be to improve warrant-based access to communications at the sender or receiver ends, Senator Brandis said.
> "At one point or more of that process, access to the encrypted communication is essential for intelligence and law enforcement," he said.
> "If there are encryption keys then those encryption keys have to be put at the disposal of the authorities."
The last part of the quote muddies the water a bit. Maybe they are interested in cooperation from companies with control of endpoint software (Apple, Google, Microsoft) to extract the keys?
Re: How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
#9Fantasy land stuff. Moxie is going to backdoor his encryption because some Australians he's never heard of tell him to? The prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, is a noted user of Signal... One day these stories will be written by and about people who have a clue. One day...
It says specifically that the government will _not_ pursue the backdoor options; seems that they just want to have clearer international protocols around warrants for information. Seems sensible if you ask me.
Or, they're just going to redefine the term "backdoor" so it doesn't include automated access to endpoints, which is what this attempt smells like it would require. They might not want to call such a thing a backdoor for marketing/political purposes, but it still would be one. It would not be backdooring the encryption, but backdooring the software driving the user-facing plaintext.
Re: How the Australian government plans to access encrypted messages
#10Once again politicians making decisions about stuff they fundamentally misunderstand.
What do you mean? The article basically boils down to Brandis wanting international intelligence agency protocols for warrants to get access to info like this.
I suspect a lot of people comment on the title, without bothered to read the actual article.