[LINK] Australian Crime Commission: Only Criminals Use Encrypted Communications

[Glen Turner]

The line between a Takeover Warrant and the act of entrapment needs to
be clearly spelt out.  Certainly that Warrant should not, of itself,
exclude or excuse entrapment.

> These platforms are used almost exclusively by SOC [serious and
> organised crime] groups

The contention of ACIC is that all downloads of, as one example, Wickr
have been done by criminals. Which is a nasty accusation to make of a
past Prime Minister, and one wonders about ACIC's evidence for the
claim.

> The measures in the Bill are grounded in the principle that the
> powers granted by Parliament to the agencies charged with 
> enforcing the criminal law should not be eroded by advances in
> technology

There is no such principle of law, or of law-making.

For example, the advance in technology of the motor vehicle made
some crimes, such as armed robbery, much easier.  ACIC
would have had motor vehicles banned by their 'principle'.

-glen