That's the most terrifying line in his speech tbh. The privacy of someone who has not been found guilty of a crime should only be overridden by a judge, considering all the factors. Also, https://xkcd.com/538/ comes to mind :)
[https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/security.png] From: AusNOG [mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net] On Behalf Of Phillip Grasso Sent: Tuesday, 13 June 2017 5:34 PM To: Mark Newton <new...@atdot.dotat.org> Cc: ausnog@lists.ausnog.net Subject: Re: [AusNOG] Government intends to pass TSSR this parliament "The privacy of a terrorist can never be more important than public safety. Never." Is it a question of privacy or cost? The means exist to decrypt, its just more expensive. On 13 June 2017 at 00:16, Mark Newton <new...@atdot.dotat.org<mailto:new...@atdot.dotat.org>> wrote: Brandis: "Trust me, we only want the envelope, not the content." <David Speers interviews him to see what that actually means, everybody laughs> Brandis: "Actually, we want the content too." <silence> - mark On 06/13/2017 04:16 PM, James Andrewartha wrote: https://www.pm.gov.au/media/2017-06-13/national-security-statement Also includes the usual BS about breaking encryption in the name of national security, aka the war on maths. "However encrypted messaging applications are also used by criminals and terrorists - at the moment much of this traffic is difficult for our security agencies to decrypt, and indeed for our Five Eyes partners as well. Most of the major platforms of this kind are based in the United States where a strong libertarian tradition resists Government access to private communications as the FBI found when Apple would not help unlock the iPhone of the dead San Bernardino terrorist. The privacy of a terrorist can never be more important than public safety. Never." _______________________________________________ AusNOG mailing list AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net<mailto:AusNOG@lists.ausnog.net> http://lists.ausnog.net/mailman/listinfo/ausnog ________________________________ Total Control Panel Login<https://antispam.avgcloud.net/login?domain=prodigy.com.au> To: nathan...@prodigy.com.au<https://antispam.avgcloud.net/address-properties?aID=1106235830&domain=prodigy.com.au> From: ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net<mailto:ausnog-boun...@lists.ausnog.net> Remove<https://antispam.avgcloud.net/FooterAction?ver=3&un-wl-sender-domain=1&hID=1998783075&domain=prodigy.com.au> lists.ausnog.net from my allow list You received this message because the domain lists.ausnog.net is on your allow list.
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