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Apple, in a rare public protest, has exposed the Australian government’s proposed anti-encryption bill, calling it “dangerously ambiguous” and “alarming to every Australian”. The Access and Assistance Bill would see... more

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Following on from the initial investigation in September 2015, The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has cleared banks of any wrongdoing in its inquiry into the withdrawal of banking services to local bitcoin companies, stunning local operators and senators who said the investigation was sub-standard. ACCC chairman Rod Sims wrote to Nationals Senator Matthew Canavan, [...]

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