1Password:
Australia recently passed the so-called Assistance and Access Act. This law (correctly) has many digital security and privacy experts worried. We’d like to offer some preliminary remarks on how it may impact the privacy and security of 1Password customers and how it may affect the way we work.
One of the most disturbing things about the Assistance and Access Act is that it apparently authorizes the Australian government to compel someone subject to its laws to surreptitiously take actions that harm our customers’ privacy and security without revealing that to us. Would an Australian employee of 1Password be forced to lie to us and do something that we would definitely object to?
This new law may have a side effect of limiting employment for Australians in tech.
And you want to move there?
Privacy should be an inalienable right for all people.
Be prepared for governments to wage war with their citizens in order to eliminate that privacy.
Well, I wouldn’t be working in an industry where this would be an issue.
Sadly, it’s a moot point. My stepson’s father has rescinded his permission for us to go to Australia so we’re staying put. 🙁
With respect to Australians, it really SHOULD limit tech opportunities. I’d love too see this have a profoundly negative impact so it’s thrown out with their next government and other governments are afraid to try it.