<story><title>Canberra asks to introduce detection capabilities in encrypted communication</title><url>https://www.zdnet.com/article/canberra-asks-big-tech-to-introduce-detection-capabilities-in-encrypted-communication/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>perihelions</author><text>Related (maybe?)&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-australia-48511217&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.bbc.com&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;world-australia-48511217&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;In 2019, Australian federal police raided the home of a journalist, in response to her reporting on secret government plans to enact warrantless digital surveillance.&lt;p&gt;edit: I *think* this is the report she was raided for,&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dailytelegraph.com.au&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;nsw&amp;#x2F;spying-shock-shades-of-big-brother-as-cybersecurity-vision-comes-to-light&amp;#x2F;news-story&amp;#x2F;bc02f35f23fa104b139160906f2ae709&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.dailytelegraph.com.au&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;nsw&amp;#x2F;spying-shock-shad...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;IF two Federal ministers approve, the emails, bank records and text messages of Australian citizens could be seen by digital spies. No warrants would be required and it would all be legal — and done so you’d never know.&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;gt;&lt;i&gt;&amp;quot;The power grab is detailed in top secret letters between the heads of the Department of Home Affairs and Defence, seen by The Sunday Telegraph, which outline proposed new powers for Australia’s electronic spy agency — the Australian Signals Directorate (ASD).&amp;quot;&lt;/i&gt;&lt;p&gt;(There haven&amp;#x27;t been any HN threads about this, btw -- as far as I can tell).</text></comment>
<story><title>Canberra asks to introduce detection capabilities in encrypted communication</title><url>https://www.zdnet.com/article/canberra-asks-big-tech-to-introduce-detection-capabilities-in-encrypted-communication/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>randomhodler84</author><text>Oh hey cool, apple, you know that new system you built? Well we now have 4 new classes of content we want to purge from people’s devices. The system is proposed and governments are already passing laws to exploit it. Fuck all consumer tech.</text></comment>