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ASIO director-general Mike Burgess issues warning to big tech companies they may soon be forced to unlock encrypted chats
ASIO boss Mike Burgess says he may soon use powers to compel tech companies to cooperate with warrants and unlock encrypted chats to aid national security investigations.
ASIO head, Mike Burgess, says he may soon use powers to compel tech companies to cooperate with warrants and unlock encrypted chats to aid in national security investigations. In 2018, Australia passed legislation that was considered groundbreaking at the time, requiring tech companies to cooperate with law enforcement agencies' requests to access messages exchanged on encrypted platforms. The fear, tech companies say, is that it would create a "backdoor" vulnerable to bad actors' actions, including autocratic regimes spying on human rights activists or journalists.
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