Australian law enforcement pushes against encryption, advocates data retention

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Submission + - Australian law enforcement pushes against encryption, advocates data retention (computerworld.com.au)

Submitted by angry tapir on Tuesday April 22, 2014 @09:40PM

angry tapir writes: Australia is in the middle of a parliamentary inquiry examining telecommunications interception laws. Law enforcement organisations using this to resurrect the idea of a scheme for mandatory data retention by telcos and ISPs. In addition, an Australian peak law enforcement body is pushing for rules that would force telcos help with decryption of communications.

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