Which is it… It’s being reported on NPR as “Australia required Apple and others to remove encryption protections from their devices.”
That’s a massively different (and arguably even worse) outcome than “Australia is requiring Apple and others to provide decryption technology to law enforcement.” Owen > On Dec 8, 2018, at 14:41 , b...@theworld.com wrote: > > > On December 8, 2018 at 19:41 h...@efes.iucc.ac.il (Hank Nussbacher) wrote: >> Governments that require ISPs to block "certain" sites have no clue what is >> required technologically to adhere to their demands. > > Well that's certainly true. > > Australia just passed a law mandating decryption be made available to > law enforcement simply ignoring the many technical explanations about > why we don't know how to do this without compromising security > entirely. > > I've often said if a judge in their court orders you to raise your > left foot in the air you would be well-advised to lift that foot. > > If the judge orders you to also raise your right foot the judge > doesn't have a problem, YOU have a problem. > > -- > -Barry Shein > > Software Tool & Die | b...@theworld.com | > http://www.TheWorld.com > Purveyors to the Trade | Voice: +1 617-STD-WRLD | 800-THE-WRLD > The World: Since 1989 | A Public Information Utility | *oo*
