National Facial Recognition: towards the Panopticon
The latest mass shooting in Las Vegas over the weekend has provided an opportunity for Prime Minister Turnbull to increase focus on the National Facial Biometric Matching Capability at the Coalition of Australian Governments counter-terror meeting scheduled to occur tomorrow (5th October). The Attorney General’s Department states that the National Facial Biometric Matching Capability is […]
Discussing the government’s encryption plans
Our Executive Officer Jon Lawrence joined Jane Hebiton on Perth’s RTR FM yesterday to discuss the government’s plans to force providers to give access to encrypted communications. You can listen to the podcast here.
83 organisations and experts from “Five Eyes” nations demand respect for strong encryption
Today, 83 organisations and individuals from Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States have sent letters to their respective governments insisting that government officials defend strong encryption. The letter comes on the heels of a meeting of the “Five Eyes” ministerial meeting in Ottawa, Canada earlier this week. The “Five Eyes” […]
When is ‘not a backdoor’ just a backdoor? Australia’s struggle with encryption
The Australian government wants the ability to read messages kept secret by encryption in the name of aiding criminal investigations. But just how it proposes to do this is unclear. As Australian Attorney-General George Brandis recently told Fairfax: At one point or more of that process, access to the encrypted communication is essential for intelligence […]
Open Rights Group: The Manchester attack
Open Rights Group wishes to express its sympathy for the victims of the vile and brutal attack in Manchester. We condemn these violent attacks, which seem even more abhorrent when deliberately targeted at children and young people. We hope that law enforcement and intelligence agencies will help to bring those involved in these attacks to […]