Defending these attacks on encryption require defending the same laws with ALL countries in the 5 eyes spying partnership. (Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States & Canada). Failure to do so will ensure these laws will come into effect in time due to either A) the use of the 5 eyes pact to leverage the laws of other countries within the pact. Or B) through constantly pointing to the 'standard' set in Australia (or any country which does progress these laws, I use Australia as it has already implemented legislation which enables meta data collection & require participation in weakening encryption).
The Australian legal/political system IS the backdoor here.
I get downvoted everytime I suggest that a ton of what we see coming out of government, the news, popular culture, all at the same time, is being orchestrated by a focused and very powerful few and that most of what we actually see is nothing but theater intended to distract us from their real purpose (like the "impeachment trial").
But honestly... when the same idea tears across the planet at the same time from a dozen "independent" sources... how is that so hard to believe?
I posted these this link yesterday to HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22491565
Defending these attacks on encryption require defending the same laws with ALL countries in the 5 eyes spying partnership. (Australia, New Zealand, United Kingdom, United States & Canada). Failure to do so will ensure these laws will come into effect in time due to either A) the use of the 5 eyes pact to leverage the laws of other countries within the pact. Or B) through constantly pointing to the 'standard' set in Australia (or any country which does progress these laws, I use Australia as it has already implemented legislation which enables meta data collection & require participation in weakening encryption).
The Australian legal/political system IS the backdoor here.