Experts protest Aussie law banning crypto export

[1] According to the International Association for Cryptologic Research (IACR), a new controversial military technology export control law that threatens to criminalise cryptography research could delink Australia from the global research community.

[2] The Australia’s new Defence Trade Controls Act (DTCA) will come into effect next April, prompting more than 180 cryptologists and members of the IACR to sign a petition against it.

[3] The DTCA, which covers technologies used for both military and civilian purposes, will mean that IACR’s work will be illegal.

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[Source] Australian Information Technology News – Experts protest Aussie law banning crypto export