According to Daniel Mathews, new laws passed in Australia (but not yet in effect) could criminalize the teaching of encryption.
He explains how a ridiculously broad law could effectively make any encryption stronger than 512 bits criminal if your client is not Australian.
Most ridiculous, though, are some badly flawed technicalities.
As I have argued before, the specifications are so imprecise that they potentially include a little algorithm you learned at primary school called division.
If so, then division has become a potential weapon, and your calculator (or smartphone, computer, or any electronic device) is a potential delivery system for it."
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