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Australia takes aim at encrypted apps

Australia takes aim at encrypted apps

Update: 2025-01-21

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Session, a little known encrypted messaging app out of Australia, thought it would help the world keep its communication private—and then a new law threatened their plans.

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Australia takes aim at encrypted apps

Australia takes aim at encrypted apps

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