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Re: [Mtgvenue] Australia and its encryption laws

Eliot Lear <lear@lear.ch> Thu, 10 June 2021 08:11 UTC

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Subject: Re: [Mtgvenue] Australia and its encryption laws
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Jay,

Before I respond, can you clarify whether import restrictions would 
prevent software that people trust from visitingAustralia? That is to 
say: if conference attendees show up with VPN software that we have 
reason to believe *isn't* hacked, would laptops be at risk or would 
people be at risk for either being arrested or turned away at the border?

Eliot

On 10.06.21 05:03, Jay Daley wrote:
> In response to our recent consultation on three possible venues in Australia, we received the following comment:
>
>> Australia has the most draconian anti-encryption laws in the developed world, perhaps in the entire world.
>>
>> See, for example, this BBC piece which explains that the government can require access to *all* material,
>> and strong encryption is effectively illegal:
>>
>> https://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-46463029
>>
>> If we meant what we said in RFC 1984 I don't see how we can meet anywhere in Australia.
> I would like to know if the community agrees with this view and that Australia should be excluded as a potential meeting country so long as these laws are in place.
>
> Jay
>

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