Law enforcement agencies began using Australia’s controversial encryption-busting powers before they had established sound governance frameworks, leading to potential “non-compliance” with the laws, the Commonwealth Ombudsman has found. The Ombudsman identified the issues with agencies’ early use of the industry assistance powers in a report on its findings from its initial round of inspections under…

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