What does Peter Dutton's US trip mean for encryption and privacy? | Paul Karp
by Paul Karp from Technology | The Guardian on (#4S2EN)
Australia and the US are negotiating a deal to speed up information sharing about criminal suspects
Australia and the US have begun negotiating a deal to speed up information sharing about criminal suspects between law enforcement agencies and tech giants such as Google and Facebook.
But questions remain about the practical effects of such a deal, given the drive towards encryption of information that keeps data at arm's length from the tech companies themselves.
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