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We bust through the FUD around Australia’s proposed encryption law. Plus the demise of another dark web marketplace and why you might want to stick all your data in the cloud when you cross a border.

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Show Notes
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• News You Should Know
  • (01:15) Google Play Music feature “New Release Radio” now available to all users
  • (02:35) “Dark web” marketplace AlphaBay offline
• More Top Stories
  • (05:50) US Customs agents may search electronic devices for any reason
  • (10:00) Microsoft released Seeing AI on iOS
  • (12:40) Man stuck in ATM vault writes notes to escape
• Discussion
  • (14:55) Proposed Australian law would compel companies to break encryption
    • Facebook, Google obliged to decrypt online messages to help Government fight terrorism
    • The laws of Australia will trump the laws of mathematics: Turnbull
    • Australia’s plan to force tech giants to give up encrypted messages may not add up
    • How the Turnbull government plans to access encrypted messages
• Message of the Day
  • (29:35) Devin (impact of show)

Len Peralta’s “I Don’t Understand Encryption”