Australia wants Apple to create an iPhone backdoor that would allow the government to access data stored on a device, as the country struggles to deal with strong encryption under a new proposed law.
Attorney-General George Brandis will meet with Apple officials this week to discuss how the company can comply with the new regulations and help law enforcement should access to one of its devices be requested, with an iPhone backdoor said to be one of the first things on the agenda.
Brandis told SkyNews the government hopes to see what he described as “voluntary cooperation” from tech companies, which basically comes down to tech firm agreeing with putting backdoors in its products, but a backup plan is also prepared should they refuse to comply.
“But we will also be legislating so that we do have that coercive power if […] we don’t get the cooperation… (read more)
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