On Thursday the 5th of October the Crime and Justice Research Centre, in collaboration with civil society groups the Australian Privacy Foundation, Digital Rights Watch Australia and FutureWise, and industry partner ThoughtWorks, hosted an event on ‘Attacks on Encryption.’ This in response to the Australian Government’s intention to pursue new and increased powers to access encrypted communications via s’backdoors.’
A panel of encryption experts, international privacy law experts, politicians, digital rights advocates, and journalists examined the social and technical consequences of the proposed new ‘backdooring’ powers. They argued these powers are unnecessary and should be highly concerning for Australians who, unlike other western democracies, do not have a constitutional right to privacy.
Presentations from the night are available at the following links: Surveillance politics Former Senator Mr Scott Ludlam https://youtu.be/Y-puLRRFohQ
Legal dimensions of the global #waronmaths Angela Daly, Digital Rights Watch Australia and QUT Law https://youtu.be/Y-puLRRFohQ?t=21m35s
Government attacks on encryption and civil society coalition campaigns Justin Clacherty, Redfish Group, Australian Privacy Foundation, and Future Wise https://youtu.be/Y-puLRRFohQ?t=36m15s
Breaking Encryption for Dummies Robin Doherty, ThoughtWorks and Hack for Privacy and Eru Penkman, ThoughtWorks and brisSafety https://youtu.be/Y-puLRRFohQ?t=58m50s Slides: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1izSTqTmO3Gl79KrliUoeBoFi44NceL4pSIbY8yl-Ur0/edit?usp=sharing
Encryption for journalists Felix Münch, PhD Candidate QUT Digital Media Research Centre https://youtu.be/Y-puLRRFohQ?t=1h22m Slides: https://flxvctr.github.io/encrypt_all_the_things_primer/
The contested moral legitimacy of encryption ‘backdoors’ Michael Wilson, QUT Justice PhD Candidate https://youtu.be/Y-puLRRFohQ?t=1h40m44s
Discussant Phil Green, QLD Privacy Commissioner https://youtu.be/Y-puLRRFohQ?t=1h51m24s
Q&A Panel https://youtu.be/Y-puLRRFohQ?t=1h58m32s
Further information about the event can be found at this link: