Windows 10: Australians who won’t unlock their phones could face 10 years in jail

Brink · Aug 27, 2018

The Australian government wants to force companies to help it get at suspected criminals’ data. If they can’t, it would jail people for up to a decade if they refuse to unlock their phones.

The country’s Assistance and Access Bill, introduced this week for public consultation, strengthens the penalties for people who refuse to unlock their phones for the police. Under Australia’s existing Crimes Act, judges could jail a person for two years for not handing over their data. The proposed Bill extends that to up to ten years, arguing that the existing penalty wasn’t strong enough.

The Bill takes a multi-pronged approach to accessing a suspect’s data by co-opting third parties to help the authorities. New rules apply to “communication service providers”, which is a definition with a broad scope. It covers not only telcos, but also device vendors and application publishers, as long as they have “a nexus to Australia”.

These companies would be subject to two kinds of government order that would compel them to help retrieve a suspect’s information.

The first of these is a ‘technical assistance notice’ that requires telcos to hand over any decryption keys they hold. This notice would help the government in end-to-end encryption cases where the target lets a service provider hold their own encryption keys.

But what if the suspect stores the keys themselves? In that case, the government would pull out the big guns with a second kind of order called a technical capability notice. It forces communications providers to build new capabilities that would help the government access a target’s information where possible.

In short, the government asks companies whether they can access the data. If they can’t, then the second order asks them to figure out a way. Here’s a flowchart explaining how it works...

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TonyTS · Aug 27, 2018

Looking for an unlocked phone to test on

I've started programming in Visual Studio 2015 under Windows 10.

I'd like to get an unlocked phone to test with.

I saw a whole bunch of unlocked phones on Amazon.

Any suggestions as to what phone would be best for that?

Thanks.

Udipta_Rajkumar · Aug 27, 2018

Unlock (jail breaking) Windows phone

Linley I have one more question

to ask you, how do I know myself that my phone is unlock or not after completing the steps.

Linley Meslier · Aug 27, 2018

Unlock (jail breaking) Windows phone

Hi,

Unlocking your Windows Phone lets you deploy, debug and test your own apps. It also lets you test the latest Microsoft OS update if you join the
developer preview program.

Unlocking your phone might void any warranty from your mobile operator or reseller. So I suggest you talk to them if you are not sure..

Linley.

Windows 10: Australians who won’t unlock their phones could face 10 years in jail

Australians who won’t unlock their phones could face 10 years in jail

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