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Australia could be the first of the Five Eyes to abolish end-to-end encryption.

Tuta signed a joint statement defending end-to-end encryption in the EU

tuta.com/blog/joint-statement-

which was under threat again by Chat Control

tuta.com/blog/chat-control

but yesterday failed to get the needed majority in the EU Council! Now Tuata hope to have a similar impact on the reviewing process of the Australian Online Safety Act

Joint statement/press release

accessnow.org/press-release/jo

Australian politicians are planning to introduce a general duty of care to the act, explicitly without encryption safeguards, which will pressure service providers to compromise the confidentiality of encrypted communications, enabling widespread surveillance.

In 2023, the Australian government published a study that shows how desperately Australians want privacy and how they are frustrated by the lack of privacy protections.

tuta.com/blog/australia-privac

the Australian Online Safety Act erroneously characterises end-to-end encryption as an obstacle to online safety and law enforcement, instead of recognising that it is essential for online security and weakening it reduces safety for all.

Continuing battle for privacy:

The open letter comes at a difficult time as encryption is under pressure in many parts of the world

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