Yep. And meanwhile the kids will be chatting/abusing in Google Docs. Or IRC servers they spin up for free in AWS or whatever. Or, shock, SMS.
Comment on Signal boss warns app will exit Australia if forced to hand over users’ encrypted messages
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Has Australia just completely decided to go for broke
quokka@aussie.zone 1 month ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
Google docs getting censored as well for some reason
quokka1@mastodon.au 1 month ago
@melbaboutown @quokka very sad
maniacalmanicmania@aussie.zone 1 month ago
For real?
melbaboutown@aussie.zone 1 month ago
If their filter catches anything ‘inappropriate’
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Not really.
This happens everywhere. It’s the police job to ask for access and it’s the signal CEO’s job to decline.
Ultimately the ASIO (aus federal police) won’t call signal’s bluff because signal leaving isn’t good for them. Threat actors would just use some alternative platform.
pupbiru@aussie.zone 1 month ago
australia is also a special kind of fucked up with this though… the assistance and access act that passed in 2018 is absolutely horrible
Zagorath@aussie.zone 1 month ago
ASIO (aus federal police)
I mean, sort of? The Australian Federal Police would be the Australian federal police (the hint is in the name!). But it’s true that ASIO does take on many roles that in America are done by the FBI, while AFP does more typical things associated with policing.
null_dot@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
Amazing.
pulsewidth@lemmy.world 1 month ago
Its just pressure from the ASIO chief (our NSA equivalent) at this stage. No legislation.
The Signal CEO is rightly firing back saying it’ll never happen, and if push comes to shove they’ll leave.
No1@aussie.zone 1 month ago
We’re trying desperately to outdo the UK…