Australia’s top spy urges big tech to unravel encrypted chats

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Australia’s top spy urges big tech to unravel encrypted chats

SYDNEY, April 24 — Australia’s top spy today urged greater cooperation from the big tech companies, asking them to break a long-held industry taboo by providing access to encrypted messages. Intelligence chief Mike Burgess said encrypted messaging had compromised the ability to root out threats, and said tech companies had a duty to break encryption when asked. “Without their help in very limited and strictly controlled circumstances, encrypti…