ByBill Toulas-June 29, 2019.043 Internationally, piracy rates are falling as people find streaming services decent enough and cheap enough. That can shift as soon as the market for video-on-demand becomes overcrowded and fragmented. As the market takes its final shape minor players will be forced out as giants set up.Australia’s Anti-Encryption Act will be enforced through Christmas
ByNitish Singh-December 5, 2018.045 Figure 1 Photo Courtesy of Pexels Earlier this year the Australian government revealed details of an anti-encryption act. It will be introduced before year’s end and full details are yet to be released. Encryption is one of the biggest obstacles to intercepting criminal activity in the digital age. Through messaging apps and other communication channels providing end-to-end encryption and restricting access to any outside parties, it has become very convenient for users to keep prying eyes away from their contact through law enforcement and the government. Australia’s set to change that with its new Access and Assistance Act. The bill was first revealed in August 2018 but it left out finer details about the new law. We still need to learn more about how far the government will have access to user data. It was announced that Australia’s federal government and labor party had come to an agreement on the help and access bill. According to Australia’s legislature, 95 per cent of all offenders under law enforcement surveillance take advantage of encrypted messaging apps. Nevertheless, an anti-encryption law often ensures that people lose their privacy rights, and the law enforcement can easily access personal user data at any given time. Software companies will also be forced to implement backdoors in their apps to allow government bodies to access user data whenever they wish. The Government has suggested that federal and state law enforcement agencies should have access to data when investigating crimes related to child sex offenses including illicit drugs and guns in Australia. The Labor Party, however, rejected the idea and argued that only cases of terrorism and child sex crimes would lead to access by federal agencies, while state governments should not have access to any data at all.ByNitish Singh-December 5, 2018.045 Figure 1 Photo Courtesy of Pexels Earlier this year the Australian government revealed details of an anti-encryption act. It will be introduced before year’s end and full details are yet to be released. Encryption is one of the biggest obstacles to intercepting criminal activity in the digital age. Through messaging apps and other communication channels providing end-to-end encryption and restricting access to any outside parties, it has become very convenient for users to keep prying eyes away from their contact through law enforcement and the government. Australia’s set to change that with its new Access and Assistance Act. The bill was first revealed in August 2018 but it left out finer details about the new law. We still need to learn more about how far the government will have access to user data. It was announced that Australia’s federal government and labor party had come to an agreement on the help and access bill. According to Australia’s legislature, 95 per cent of all offenders under law enforcement surveillance take advantage of encrypted messaging apps. Nevertheless, an anti-encryption law often ensures that people lose their privacy rights, and the law enforcement can easily access personal user data at any given time. Software companies will also be forced to implement backdoors in their apps to allow government bodies to access user data whenever they wish. The Government has suggested that federal and state law enforcement agencies should have access to data when investigating crimes related to child sex offenses including illicit drugs and guns in Australia. The Labor Party, however, rejected the idea and argued that only cases of terrorism and child sex crimes would lead to access by federal agencies, while state governments should not have access to any data at all.