[LINK] 'Intelligibility Assistance Notices'

Stephen Loosley stephen at melbpc.org.au
Tue Mar 18 20:55:16 AEDT 2014






Surrender your crypto keys or you're off to chokey, says Australia

Ignoring proposed 'intelligibility assistance notices' would be a crime

By Richard Chirgwin, 18 Mar 2014 
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/03/18/oz_spook_agencies_istilli_want_your_crypto_keys/

Australia's Attorney-General's department has floated a plan that would allow national security agencies to seize citizens' crypto keys.

The AG's submission to the Senate inquiry into telecommunications interception outlines the plan, saying that the moves are necessary because new telecommunications technologies are "providing criminals, terrorists and others who threaten national security with new and sophisticated ways to communicate and organise without being identified, investigated or prosecuted".

http://www.aph.gov.au/DocumentStore.ashx?id=9ebc8894-f431-41d2-8cb0-33395564233c&subId=205373

The department therefore thinks a new kind of warrant that would compel service providers and/or individuals to hand over encryption keys ..  (Snip. Ref, TheRegister website)
--Cheers,Stephen


 		 	   		  


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