And now they want 'secure' backdoors

found on Funny Junk

When will governments learn that technology just doesn't work the way they imagine it does?

What could possibly go wrong?

from here and here

I have to wonder what the Australian government was thinking when they came up with this plan. It seems tailor made for abuse, and it would be one of the worst kinds of abuse.

So who controls access to those backdoors again?

from here

I don't know whether to hate on Australia for setting a bad legislative precedent, or love them for setting themselves up as the canary in the coal mine. I guess time will tell if getting breached will teach them the error in their ways.