Australia's New Encryption Law Give More Power to Authorities to Get Hold of Encrypted Communications

Last updated: July 5, 2023 Reading time: minutes
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The Australian government has passed a new security law recently. Under this law, the authorities will have more power to interrupt and seize all encrypted communications.

The bill passed in Australia is named as ”Access and Assistance Bill”.  The bill allows intelligence agencies to have access to coded conversations. The authorities will now be able to open your smartphones in front of the owners.

The Australian government is of the view that these rules will protect you from all possible terror attacks. The Attorney General, Christian Porter along with other advocates of the law, supports the legislation. He said that it will surely protect the Australians and will also prevent terrorist activities, crime and children predator.

The encrypted apps include Signal, WhatsApp, and Wickr. The app’s encryption avoids the legal and higher authorities from reading the messages seized under warrant while looking into crimes.