Venue: Herbert Wilson Theatre, Doug McDonell
Presenters: Fergus Hanson, Scott Ludlam, Dr Vanessa Teague
This panel discussion will address the Australian government's proposal to insist on government access to encrypted data.
The Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Attorney General George Brandis want to introduce laws that would compel technology companies to ensure their systems are capable of decrypting terrorists’ communications. We haven't yet heard exactly how this will be achieved.
In this panel we try to understand what the proposal is, how it relates to the UK Investigatory Powers Act (on which it might be based), and what the unintended consequences might be. We'll review some important examples such as the Apple-FBI case, and some important failures such as the FREAK attack and the Wannacry ransomware. We'll ask how we equip our police officers with the tools they need to keep us safe, and how we ensure that citizens have the protections we need for the security of our data.
Moderated by Suelette Dreyfus.
The panelists:
- Fergus Hanson, head of the international cyber policy centre at the Australian Strategic Policy Institute
- Scott Ludlam, former WA Greens Senator
- Vanessa Teague, cryptographer in the department of computing and information systems, University of Melbourne.
from
https://events.unimelb.edu.au/events/9613-end-to-end-encryption-and-interception
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