This article examines developments regarding encryption law and policy within ‘Five Eyes’ (FVEY) countries by focussing on the recently enacted Telecommunications and Other Legislation Amendment (Assistance and Access) Act 2018 (Cth) in Australia. The legislation is significant both domestically and internationally because of its extraterritorial reach, allowing the development of new ways for Australian law enforcement and security agencies to access encrypted telecommunications via transnational designated communications providers, and allowing for Australian authorities to assist foreign counterparts in both enforcing and potentially circumventing their domestic laws. We argue that Australia is the ‘weak link’ in the FVEY alliance as unlike other FVEY members has no comprehensive enforceable human rights protections. Given this, there is a possibility for regulatory arbitrage in exploiting these new surveillance powers to undermine encryption via Australia.

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监管套利和跨国监督：澳大利亚的域外协助，以访问加密通信

本文通过重点研究澳大利亚最近颁布的《 2018年电信和其他立法修正案（协助和访问）法》（Cth），研究了``五眼''（FVEY）国家中有关加密法律和政策的发展情况。由于其在域外的影响，该立法在国内和国际上都具有重要意义，这为澳大利亚执法和安全机构开发了新方法，以便通过跨国指定的通信提供商访问加密的电信，并允许澳大利亚当局在执行和实施方面协助外国同行。可能会规避其国内法律。我们认为，澳大利亚是FVEY联盟中的“薄弱环节”，因为与其他FVEY成员不同，澳大利亚没有全面的可执行的人权保护措施。鉴于这种，