Apple is walking with lead in terms of the contracts it signs with Australian users. Some months ago, the Australian competition court prohibited banks from negotiating with Apple the use of the NFC chip. Right nowThe point of controversy is the end-to-end encryption that Apple uses for iMessage and Facetime. It is the eternal debate between privacy and security, now with Australia at the center of the table. Australia's Attorney General has said he will meet with Apple. It is not the first country to oppose Apple taking this measure.
Attorney General George Brandis said he will hold talks with tech giant Apple this week, to get cooperation on the Turnbull government's proposed laws that oblige technology companies to give law enforcement and intelligence agencies access to encrypted information messages from suspected terrorists and criminals.
Without confirmation at this time, Australian law would take the basis of UK law. This rule prevents the provision of the service without the police or judges being able to know details of the information transmitted by iMessage or FaceTime. Surely the final application of this type of regulation, relax it so that only in certain cases, the police can access the content of the messages.
Senator Brandis, proponent of the Australian standard, says:
The government will seek voluntary cooperation as a first option, but we will also legislate so that we have that coercive power if necessary and we do not obtain the cooperation that we seek.
Apple's position always remains on the side of user privacy, as demonstrated in the case of San Bernardino.
Having a VPN solves all that problem on the part of users.