Long favoured by Australian PM, Wickr could become his decryption Waterloo | CSO

Posted by Steven Kirby | Jul 29, 2017 | Australia, CSO from IDG, Encryption, Federal Government, Privacy | 0 |

Once lauded by prime minister Malcolm Turnbull as a paragon of secure communications, encrypted-messaging app Wickr could turn out to be one of the biggest opponents to his government’s new legislative push to force technology companies to divulge users’ encrypted communications.

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Long favoured by Australian PM, Wickr could become his decryption Waterloo | CSO