On Fri., 30 Nov. 2018, 15:52 Paul Wilkins <[email protected] wrote:

> Apparently PJCIS may be considering limiting the Bill to exercise by ASIO
> and the AFP only, and limiting scope of crimes to only terrorism and child
> abuse related. That would be of huge assistance in allaying public concerns
> its a stalking horse for mass surveillance. Further, such limited purview
> would mean there simply isn't the industrial scale of activity as
> anticipated in the current Bill's scope. Such a light touch approach would
> greatly mitigate the security and economic impacts.
>

You really don't seem to understand the argument against this.

What the government is asking for is know as "exceptional access".

The danger of 'exceptional access'
https://www.cnn.com/2015/11/18/opinions/bellovin-encryption-debate/index.html

(The editor's note about who Steve Bellovin is doesn't do him justice.)

A longer paper on the topic, by many who's whos in infosec (including D
from DH and R from RSA).

Keys under doormats: mandating insecurity by requiring government access to
all data and communications

https://academic.oup.com/cybersecurity/article/1/1/69/2367066



> Now before people start complaining that such a move would still enable
> invasions of privacy, consider, "first they came for the terrorists and
> child abusers" said no one ever.
>

> Kind regards
>
> Paul Wilkins
>
> On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 15:10, Paul Wilkins <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hastie, Senator Bushby, Julian Leeser, Jim Molan, some pretty
>> disappointing stuff from them all this morning. For shits and giggles, you
>> can read the proceedings and where PJCIS members ask questions, try to
>> guess their political alignment from the questions asked.
>>
>> Kind regards
>>
>> Paul Wilkins
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 30 Nov 2018 at 10:11, I <[email protected]> wrote:
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