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In Australia it's been illegal since 2018 to refuse to comply with a government order ("notice") to put a backdoor for the government into encryption software.
Australia's world-first anti-encryption law should be overhauled, independent monitor says
Attorney general should be stripped of the power to force tech companies to help security agencies potentially spy on the public
The legislation increases penalties for criminal suspects who refuse to unlock devices such as phones and creates a new framework for law enforcement agencies to request or compel technical assistance from tech companies, even to create new capabilities such as backdoors to get around the encryption in some of their products.
Renwick said the report’s central recommendations were to remove the power from agency heads to issue technical assistance notices (TANs) and from the attorney general to approve technical capability notices (TCNs).