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I don't think Korea or Australia have the power to force Apple to build backdoors into their products. Maybe they'd get to use the US one if they asked nicely.


Australian law requires that Apple enable a "backdoor" when issued a Technical Capability Notice.

I don't know one has been issued. But Apple still sells devices in Australia, so I'm assuming it has complied when it was asked.

See https://www.techtarget.com/searchsecurity/definition/Austral... for an overview.


TCNs can only be issued to CSPs, Apple isn't one.

There are enough issues with the spying bills introduced in the last few years without creating ones that don't exist.


Unless it was some kind of false flag to encourage trust, the US government asked less than nicely via the FBI and Apple told them to pound sand.




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