>At what point are these people going to wrap their heads around the concept that there's no way to implement these sorts of policies without compromising security?
You make the mistake in thinking they're ignorant of how much security they are compromising. The language of these bills is not designed to cover up incompetence - its designed to cover up competence.
You see, the Australian government knows full well what it's doing. What it is depending on, is that the Australian people don't have a clue - and really, they don't. Sure, a few sectors are well enough educated on the subjects to raise objections - but Australian politics has never allowed minority voices to be heard, and people raising objections to heinous Australian policies are easily silenced - Australian politics is designed to disallow such from happening.
The way to view this whole episode, is with much cynicism and disgust at the way the Australian people are manipulated. It is one of the most captive western audiences, most easily influenced by a powerful media industry, and everything that is being done in Australia to make forced decryption possible is just a test for the broader market - the USA and Europe - that will be attacked next.
Yeah, I'm probably giving them the benefit of the doubt in assuming that they're being stupid rather than outright malicious. The same is likely true here in the UK, given that they've had tech experts yelling at them for years about how you can't add some sort of exclusive backdoor access to software. Still hasn't stopped the last two Home Secretaries (one of whom is now the Prime Minister, at least for now) trying to force companies to create them.
You make the mistake in thinking they're ignorant of how much security they are compromising. The language of these bills is not designed to cover up incompetence - its designed to cover up competence.
You see, the Australian government knows full well what it's doing. What it is depending on, is that the Australian people don't have a clue - and really, they don't. Sure, a few sectors are well enough educated on the subjects to raise objections - but Australian politics has never allowed minority voices to be heard, and people raising objections to heinous Australian policies are easily silenced - Australian politics is designed to disallow such from happening.
The way to view this whole episode, is with much cynicism and disgust at the way the Australian people are manipulated. It is one of the most captive western audiences, most easily influenced by a powerful media industry, and everything that is being done in Australia to make forced decryption possible is just a test for the broader market - the USA and Europe - that will be attacked next.