Australia's Assistance and Access Orders (TAN, TCN, etc.) [0] basically allow the government to order mandatory backdoors into various software. They do have some oversight, but it isn't significant. They can order any employee, not just the company.
The wording is also... Squirelly. You can't introduce a weakness, but the definition of weakness excludes the entire concept of backdoors.
However, Technical Capability Notices can be ordered where:
> reasonable, proportionate, practicable and technically feasible
The employee/company can push back and argue one of those isn't met, but ultimately it is the office of the Governor General that decides.
So far, it has basically only be used against journalists [1], as far as we know, which is nice and horrific.
The wording is also... Squirelly. You can't introduce a weakness, but the definition of weakness excludes the entire concept of backdoors.
However, Technical Capability Notices can be ordered where:
> reasonable, proportionate, practicable and technically feasible
The employee/company can push back and argue one of those isn't met, but ultimately it is the office of the Governor General that decides.
So far, it has basically only be used against journalists [1], as far as we know, which is nice and horrific.
[0] https://www.homeaffairs.gov.au/about-us/our-portfolios/natio...
[1] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-15/abc-raids-australian-...