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/* Australia has entered the unencrypted chat *
Oh we know already. ;)
Thankfully the right wing party has been booted out nationally here now. The political will to ban encryption has lessened a fair bit.
Unfortunately the damage has already been done.
The Assistance and Access Bill 2018 pretty much forces companies to backdoor their products when requested if they operate in Australia.