Compliance rules requiring encryption backdoors — not just for attachments, but for text; not just for communications apps, but mobile devices, clouds, and SaaS apps — are being hotly debated in just about corner of the planet.
Although much of the compliance community is focused on European Union debates right now, encryption companies are just as concerned with legislative efforts in Australia, which is seen as likely to be the first country fully embracing encryption backdoors. Canada, Japan, and various other countries are also considering such moves, along with some legislators in the United States.
But in Europe, the lack of agreement among EU member countries, in addition to the UK, will likely mean that those countries will create their own encryption backdoor rules, with no attempt to make the rules consistent, either in terms of requirements or in penalties for non-compliance.
