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Encrypted messaging app developer moves out of Australia after police visit employee’s home, citing ‘hostile’ atmosphere towards privacy-focused technology
Founder of Session relocates to Switzerland citing ‘hostile’ atmosphere towards privacy-focused technology
The director of OPTF, Alex Linton, said the looming threat of this legislative power, along with the wider regulatory environment in Australia, had been the tipping point for the organisation shifting to Switzerland. Linton also pointed to the expected arrival of age assurance for social media, as well as a new code coming into effect in December on cloud and encrypted messaging providers from the eSafety commissioner, as other evidence of the hostile environment for privacy-focused apps. The Greens digital rights spokesperson, Senator David Shoebridge, said it was a problem if Australia had policies hostile to end-to-end encryption while privacy law was failing to protect people’s personal information.
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