And (sigh) I misplaced an apostrophe. Bugger. I sent it with a GPG/PGP signature :-)
Regards, K. -------- Forwarded Message -------- From: Karl Auer <ka...@biplane.com.au> To: mike.kelly...@aph.gov.au Subject: Please stop the Assistance and Access Bill Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2018 10:21:15 +1100 Good morning Dr Kelly Please do NOT help the Government pass the Assistance and Access Bill. The amendments offered by the Government will in NO WAY change the fundamental nature of the planned legislation which a) utterly lacks the transparency and judicial oversight that a democratic society requires. b) will horribly damage the competitiveness of Australian IT businesses and Internet providers. They will be relegated to the same level of trustworthiness as Russian or Chinese providers. Think Huawei. c) if the provisions are actually used, will in spite of the assurances of the Government, weaken the cybersecurity of every Australian (and in point of fact every Internet user worldwide). It is a certainty that any weakness introduced, even if intended for good, will be exploited by bad actors. Not even the NSA can keep its secrets or its tools in- house. This is a classic case of a law that will catch the stupid, put the law-abiding at risk, and have no effect on anyone else. Real law- breakers AND those law-abiding people who wish their communications to remain private, will simply move to end-to-end encryption. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Intelligence and Security is not a group of insiders there just to enjoy being "in the loop". The PJCIS is there to keep law enforcement and agencies like ASIO honest. It is there to put a brake on their zeal, to prevent overreach and ensure that the interests of the Australian people are represented. This legislation is fundamentally broken. Hundreds of bodies, Australian and otherwise, have spoken against this misguided Bill. It cannot be repaired, as it's basic premise is flawed. I beg of you to do all that you can to resist its passage. Thank you, Karl Auer, Lochiel. -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Karl Auer (ka...@biplane.com.au) http://www.biplane.com.au/kauer http://twitter.com/kauer389 GPG fingerprint: A0CD 28F0 10BE FC21 C57C 67C1 19A6 83A4 9B0B 1D75 Old fingerprint: A52E F6B9 708B 51C4 85E6 1634 0571 ADF9 3C1C 6A3A _______________________________________________ Link mailing list Link@mailman.anu.edu.au http://mailman.anu.edu.au/mailman/listinfo/link
