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Australian example: Other controls on encryption
- No explicit import restrictions
- But every other country's export restriction is Australia's import
restriction
- Economic effects - An Australian Bank re-engineered strong crypto
application due to inability to import from overseas (Ellsmore, 1999)
- Interception of encrypted communications
- Both legal and technical capacity are required
- Telecommunications (Interception) Act 1979
- 25A Computer access warrant - Australian Security Intelligence Organisation
Legislation Amendment Bill 1999 - additional legal capacity, including
tampering with computers
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