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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Thankyou Richard.<br>
<br>
Indeed, this statement was issued following meetings of the Five
Eyes agencies here in Australia, which meeting occurred only a few
weeks after the Australian Government released new draft laws
aimed at gaining access to encrypted messages and encrypted
communications - not by weakening encryption technologies as had
been feared, but by requiring device manufacturers to modify
devices and systems to give the law agencies access to the sent
and received messages stored on the devices after transmission,
consistent with your reference [2] and paragraph 18 of the
statement. <br>
<br>
They seem to fully recognise they can't and shouldn't seek to
weaken encryption. Instead, they want to target and potentially
weaken the security of handsets, cellphones, modems, IOT devices,
computers etc, as well as over-the-top messaging systems, and
websites, to access their internal storage.<br>
<br>
The Australian chapter and ISOC HQ held a public session in
Australian Parliament House the week the draft legislation was
released, with speakers from ISOC, MIT, and local Australian
experts, which was recorded on the ISOC livestream platform at
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/aussiesencrypt">https://livestream.com/accounts/686369/aussiesencrypt</a><br>
<br>
We appear to be the next in line after the UK 'Snoopers Charter',
with this statement calling for other countries to follow.<br>
<br>
See also ISOC and Internet Australia's comments on the Australian
situation.<br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2018/coalition-calls-on-australias-government-to-reject-plans-to-undermine-encryption/">https://www.internetsociety.org/news/statements/2018/coalition-calls-on-australias-government-to-reject-plans-to-undermine-encryption/</a><br>
<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.internet.org.au/news/207-media-release-serious-concerns-about-bill-seeking-unprecedented-expansion-of-powers-to-access-citizen-s-devices">https://www.internet.org.au/news/207-media-release-serious-concerns-about-bill-seeking-unprecedented-expansion-of-powers-to-access-citizen-s-devices</a><br>
<br>
<br>
On 4/09/2018 5:31 PM, Richard Hill wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Please
look at the statement below from the Five Eyes. It
references two declarations. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
first one, Statement on Countering the Illicit Use of Online
Spaces [1], says: “We call upon industry to meet public
expectations regarding online safety by: Developing and
implementing capabilities to prevent illegal and illicit
content from ever being uploaded, and to execute urgent and
immediate takedown where there is a failure to prevent
upload”.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Sounds
OK, until you realize that “illicit” goes well beyond
“illegal”, and that some of the countries in question appear
to take a very broad view of what should be considered
illicit. So this sound to me like at attempt to incite
industry to impose restrictions on freedom of speech that
could not be imposed by the governments themselves.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">The
second one [2], Statement of Principles on Access to
Evidence and Encryption says: “The Governments of the Five
Eyes encourage information and communications technology
service providers to voluntarily establish lawful access
solutions to their products and services that they create or
operate in our countries.” This sound to me like a call for
industry to weaken encryption, e.g. by providing back
doors. Most people who know about encryption consider this
to be a non-starter, see for example:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><a
href="https://www.securetheinternet.org/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.securetheinternet.org/</a>
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
<a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/policybriefs/encryption/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.internetsociety.org/policybriefs/encryption/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">
<a
href="https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2018/internet-society-chatham-house-roundtable-on-encryption-and-lawful-access/"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.internetsociety.org/resources/doc/2018/internet-society-chatham-house-roundtable-on-encryption-and-lawful-access/</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Best,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">Richard<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">[1]
<a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/countering-illicit-use-online-spaces"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/countering-illicit-use-online-spaces</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">[2]
<a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/access-evidence-encryption"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/access-evidence-encryption</a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D">=====================================================<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018"
moz-do-not-send="true">https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1>Five Country Ministerial 2018<o:p></o:p></h1>
<div
id="ctl00_PlaceHolderMain_PublishingPageContent__ControlWrapper_RichHtmlField">
<h2>Official Communiqué<o:p></o:p></h2>
<ol start="1" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1">We, the Homeland Security, Public Safety, and
Immigration Ministers of Australia, Canada, New Zealand,
the United Kingdom, and the United States met on the Gold
Coast, Australia, on August 28-29 2018, to discuss how we
can better collaborate to meet our common security
challenges. We reaffirmed that the close and enduring five
country partnership, developed following the Second World
War, remains fundamental to the security and prosperity of
our nations.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l0
level1 lfo1">The 2018 Five Country Ministerial (FCM),
which in previous years has achieved advancements in
information and intelligence sharing on border protection
and counter-terrorism, has matured to become the
pre-eminent forum for collaboration among the five
countries on domestic security issues. This year's FCM
meeting recalibrated the forum to focus on tangible
deliverables and practical collaboration on
counter-terrorism, countering violent extremism, cyber
security, countering foreign interference, protecting
critical infrastructure, border management and law
enforcement. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>A free, open, safe and secure internet <o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="3" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10
level1 lfo2">The internet and digital technologies are
increasingly central to contemporary life and to the
social and economic development of our societies. Global
connectivity enables faster communication, better access
to services, and new ways to conduct business and share
news and information. We affirmed our vision for a free,
open, safe, and secure internet, which is fundamental to
our economic growth and prosperity. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10
level1 lfo2">Just as the internet provides many benefits,
it also provides opportunities for people to carry out
crimes and spread illicit content. Terrorism, child
sexual abuse and exploitation, violent extremism, and
coercive acts of interference and disinformation are
enduring concerns of government. The anonymous,
instantaneous, and networked nature of the online
environment has magnified these threats and opened up new
vectors for harm. Governments have a responsibility to
protect those within our borders against both physical and
digital threats, and to ensure that the rule of law
prevails online, as it does offline. We have a
responsibility to tackle these challenges in a coordinated
and effective way.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10
level1 lfo2">While senior digital industry representatives
did not accept our invitation to participate in
discussions on pressing issues regarding the illicit use
of online spaces, we reiterated the need for digital
industry to take more responsibility for content
promulgated and communicated through their platforms and
applications. We agreed to a <a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/countering-illicit-use-online-spaces"
moz-do-not-send="true">Joint Statement on Countering the
Illicit Use of Online Spaces</a>, outlining our
communities' high expectations of digital industry
companies, with a focus on countering online child sexual
abuse and exploitation, and violent extremist and
terrorist material. We called for the further development
and expansion of capabilities to prevent upload of illicit
content, and to execute urgent and immediate takedowns. We
reiterated the importance of industry investment in human
and automated detection capabilities, underscoring the
need for major companies to set industry standards and to
help smaller companies deploy these capabilities to their
platforms, including through the Global Internet Forum to
Counter Terrorism (GIFCT). And we called for increased
efforts to counter foreign interference and disinformation
conducted via online platforms. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l10
level1 lfo2">We also undertook to enhance feedback loops
between government and industry on intelligence and
information, including trends and sources of illicit
content, with the aim of more comprehensively responding
to malicious actors online, to facilitate faster
identification and removal of illicit content, and
increase public awareness of the sources of disinformation
and other forms of malicious foreign interference. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Countering the threat of terrorism<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="7" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l8
level1 lfo3">Globalised terrorist networks and violent
extremists pose a real and unabating threat to our
communities. Ongoing efforts to bring about the decline
and depletion of terrorist networks operating in the
Middle East have created new risks as many foreign
terrorist fighters return to their countries of origin or
move to other regions, disseminating their capabilities.
We committed to the expanded sharing of information about
known or suspected terrorists between our national
security and border protection agencies, reiterating that
the detection of international movements of terrorists and
their associates relies on the rapid sharing of
information between partners. We re-affirmed that alerts
and intelligence relating to the movement of known and
suspected terrorists will be shared between all five
partners quickly and effectively. And we committed to
continue our cooperation to support effective whole of
government efforts to identify and—where domestic laws
allow—prosecute returning foreign terrorist fighters, and
share best practices for rehabilitating and reintegrating
their family members.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l8
level1 lfo3">Building on the framework for cooperation in
United Nations Security Council Resolution 2396, we
committed to work together to build the capability of
other States in border security and measures to monitor,
screen, track, and share information on returning foreign
terrorist fighters and local terrorist networks. The
aviation environment continues to be seen as a high-value
target by terrorist and criminal networks. We committed to
establish a new group, the 'Aviation Security 5', to
better share information about emerging threats in the
aviation sector and support existing fora to raise global
standards for aviation security. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Cyber security and resilience of critical infrastructure<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="9" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo4">The increasingly digitised and networked
nature of all aspects of our economies and societies means
that cyber security and resilience is of the highest
priority. The cyber domain is a vector for threats posed
by hostile state actors, criminals, terrorist networks and
hacktivists. A cyber attack <em>is</em> an attack on our
communities and our sovereignty. We affirmed our
collective resolve to deter malicious cyber activity,
including improving domestic resilience, and coordinating
technical attribution and operational response policies to
mitigate significant cyber incidents. We agreed to further
strengthen connectivity between our cyber watch offices to
enhance shared 24/7 monitoring of hostile cyber activity.
<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l4
level1 lfo4">We committed to work together to protect
critical infrastructure and support the development of
secure critical infrastructure supply chains that are
advanced, affordable, reliable and trusted. We undertook
to share risk assessments and certification practices on
supply chains to underpin the continued resilience of our
respective cyber networks and prepare for new and emerging
technologies.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Migration and border management<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="11" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l9
level1 lfo5">The interconnection and interdependence of
our economies and communities manifests in increasing
volumes of people and goods moving across borders.
Facilitating the legitimate movement of people and goods
is essential to our economic prosperity. The five
countries are at the forefront of emerging border
technologies, with a history of driving new technologies
to simultaneously enhance border security and achieve
faster movement of lawful travellers and goods. We
committed to work together with industry to build the
'touchless' border at ports of entry for legitimate
travellers and trade. We agreed to a strategy to leverage
our investments in emerging technologies, including
digitalisation and artificial intelligence, to improve
facilitation and mitigate risks through real-time
intelligence and information sharing, while protecting
privacy. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l9
level1 lfo5">Collectively, we are among the most generous
countries on earth in terms of humanitarian aid and
refugee resettlement. Given the increasing volume of
irregular movements, resettlement alone will not solve the
problem. We must work with government partners,
international organisations, non-government organisations
and the private sector to build capacity in countries of
origin and their regions. We acknowledged the importance
of safe and legal migration and asylum pathways, and
migrants' awareness of these pathways, and reaffirmed the
positive benefits that managed migration, settlement, and
integration bring to our societies. We also reaffirmed our
commitment to coordinated, global action to respond to
large and irregular movements. We reiterated the sovereign
right and responsibility of states to strong border
management, consistent with international <em>non‑refoulement</em>
obligations, to deter and detect those who seek to evade
border controls. And we reaffirmed the responsibility of
all states to accept the return<strong> </strong>of their
nationals, agreeing to increase cooperation to support
timely and effective removals of non-citizens who have no
right to remain in our countries, including consideration
of joint consequences. <o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l9
level1 lfo5">We committed to strengthen efforts to combat
the scourge of modern slavery, forced labour, and human
trafficking, which devastate the lives of the most
vulnerable across the globe. We undertook to establish a
senior officials' taskforce to develop concrete measures
to tackle these problems, including promoting transparency
in global supply chains, and developing common approaches
to engage industry on trafficking facilitated through the
internet and other digital technologies. The taskforce
will report back to Ministers in the first quarter of
2019. We further agreed to consolidate and strengthen
intelligence sharing, investigative, and enforcement
efforts, including deploying sophisticated national
capabilities to local law enforcement.<o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l9
level1 lfo5">We re-affirmed the need to effectively manage
migration flows through the utilisation of enhanced
screening techniques, sharing intelligence and more
effectively reaching into new sources of data, consistent
with civil liberty protections, including social media, to
ensure foreign nationals who would do us harm cannot cross
our borders. We agreed to enhance collaboration on
targeting, analysis, and disruption operations to counter
organised threats to our border and national security. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Joint meeting of FCM and Quintet of Attorneys-General<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="15" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l5
level1 lfo6">On 29 August, we were joined by our
ministerial colleagues who met as the Quintet of
Attorneys-General. Together we discussed emerging issues
and collaboration in countering foreign interference, the
challenges posed by ubiquitous encryption, criminal
information sharing and addressing the financing of
transnational crime and terrorism. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Countering Foreign Interference<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="16" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6
level1 lfo7">We condemned foreign interference, being the
coercive, deceptive and clandestine activities of foreign
governments, actors, and their proxies, to sow discord,
manipulate public discourse, bias the development of
policy, or disrupt markets for the purpose of undermining
our nations and our allies. Foreign interference threatens
a nation's sovereignty, values and national interests — it
can limit or shape the polity's ability to make
independent judgements, erode public confidence in our
political and government institutions, and interfere with
private-sector decision making. We agreed the five
countries would work collectively to counter foreign
interference, protect our individual sovereignty, and
ensure our values and interests are upheld.<strong> </strong><o:p></o:p></li>
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l6
level1 lfo7">We agreed to draw upon the strengths of our
cohesive societies, our public and private institutions,
and our global partnerships to reduce the risk that
foreign interference poses to domestic and global
prosperity and stability. We committed to establish a
mechanism for the five countries to share developments in
our respective approaches to confronting the foreign
interference challenge. We undertook to share information
on foreign interference activities with a view to
advancing our collective knowledge of how to counter such
threats. In the event of a severe foreign interference
incident within our sovereign nations, we agreed the five
countries would coordinate on appropriate responses and
attribution. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Encryption<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="18" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l1
level1 lfo8">Encryption is vital to the digital economy, a
secure cyberspace and the protection of personal,
commercial and government information. The five countries
have no interest or intention to weaken encryption
mechanisms. We recognise, however, that encryption,
including end-to-end encryption, is also used in the
conduct of terrorist and criminal activities. The
inability of intelligence and law enforcement agencies to
lawfully access encrypted data and communications poses
challenges to law enforcement agencies' efforts to protect
our communities. Therefore, we agreed to the urgent need
for law enforcement to gain targeted access to data,
subject to strict safeguards, legal limitations, and
respective domestic consultations. We have agreed to a <a
href="https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about/national-security/five-country-ministerial-2018/access-evidence-encryption"
moz-do-not-send="true">Statement of Principles on Access
to Evidence and Encryption</a> that sets out a framework
for discussion with industry on resolving the challenges
to lawful access posed by encryption, while respecting
human rights and fundamental freedoms.<o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Criminal information sharing<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="19" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l3
level1 lfo9">Increasing interconnection between serious
and organised crime networks have globalised threats such
as drugs, cybercrime, child exploitation, and financial
crimes. Reaffirming our commitment to sharing criminal and
law enforcement information, we tasked our
senior officials to convene an extraordinary meeting of
operational and policy agencies with responsibility for
law enforcement, border protection, and criminal justice.
Drawing on the work of the Five Eyes Law Enforcement
Group, the Border Five, and the Migration Five, the
meeting will advise Ministers on the necessary
enhancements to information sharing and collaboration to
support more effective responses to serious criminal
threats. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Beneficial ownership and illicit finance<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="20" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l2
level1 lfo10">We agreed to support G20 and Financial
Action Task Force (FATF) efforts to combat illicit finance
by increasing the transparency of legal persons and
arrangements, and enabling timely access to beneficial
ownership information by law enforcement agencies. We also
agreed to encourage collaboration between 'five eyes'
financial intelligence units to enhance the sharing of
intelligence and experience. And we agreed to work closely
with the private sector to promote the adequate and
accurate collection of beneficial ownership information. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
<h3>Conclusion<o:p></o:p></h3>
<ol start="21" type="1">
<li class="MsoNormal"
style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto;mso-list:l7
level1 lfo11">We affirmed today the importance of the five
country partnership in addressing complex homeland and
national security challenges. Our history of cooperation,
our shared values, and our enduring friendship provide
solid foundations to face the challenges and opportunities
of the 21<sup>st</sup> century together. We are committed
to building on this past cooperation and together pledge
the commitments made today. <o:p></o:p></li>
</ol>
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