Encryption articles
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Warring Against Encryption: Australia is Coming for Your Communications
On April 16, Australia’s eSafety commissioner, Julie Inman Grant, issued with authoritarian glee legal notices to X Corp and Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, to remove material within 24 hours depicting what her office declared to be “gratuitous or offensive violence with a high degree of impact and detail”. The relevant material featured a livestreamed More
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Europol Speaks Out Against End-To-End Encryption
European police chiefs are calling for industry and governments to take urgent action to limit end-to-end encryption. In a joint statement...
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Encryption hampering terror probes: security heads
Australia’s spy boss and federal police chief have warned operations preventing terrorist incidents are being hampered due to an expansion of end-to-end encryption. ASIO director-general Mike Burgess and AFP commissioner Reece Kershaw used a joint address at the National Press Club on Thursday urging greater cooperation from social media companies to allow access to encrypted […]