Australia's New Encryption Law -- Did we cover this? Its a big deal.

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https://www.wired.com/story/australia-encryption-law-global-impact/

Australia's parliament passed controversial legislation on Thursday that will allow the country's intelligence and law enforcement agencies to demand access to end-to-end encrypted digital communications. This means that Australian authorities will be able to compel tech companies like Facebook and Apple to make backdoors in their secure messaging platforms, including WhatsApp and iMessage. Cryptographers and privacy advocates—who have long been staunch opponents of encryption backdoors on public safety and human rights grounds—warn that the legislation poses serious risks, and will have real consequences that reverberate far beyond the land down under.

To my knowledge this is the first time a Western/Fist World country has required total access and the penalties are high (even prison) for non-compliance.