> IANAL, but I think your interpretation goes beyond what they're after.
Perhaps more than the intent, but this is a government that doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Circumventing any "access control technical protection measures" is currently a crime under Australian law (Section 116, Copyright Act). They may well consider any decompiling tools to fall under that particular law, as well as use of said tools.
In March, they pressured a university in firing someone researching into their own data breach to see how bad it is. [0] There isn't a law against de-identifying, especially when it is in the public interest, but they went ahead and threatened severe legal action anyway. Whilst simultaneously claiming that said data breach doesn't contain any personally identifiable information.
They had to be taken to the High Court to be shown that an algorithm cannot be used as evidence that a debt exists, and that decision makers actually need to do more than just trust the system. [1]
If it embarrasses them in any way, then they are not above twisting laws to suit them. [2]
Perhaps more than the intent, but this is a government that doesn't deserve the benefit of the doubt.
Circumventing any "access control technical protection measures" is currently a crime under Australian law (Section 116, Copyright Act). They may well consider any decompiling tools to fall under that particular law, as well as use of said tools.
In March, they pressured a university in firing someone researching into their own data breach to see how bad it is. [0] There isn't a law against de-identifying, especially when it is in the public interest, but they went ahead and threatened severe legal action anyway. Whilst simultaneously claiming that said data breach doesn't contain any personally identifiable information.
They had to be taken to the High Court to be shown that an algorithm cannot be used as evidence that a debt exists, and that decision makers actually need to do more than just trust the system. [1]
If it embarrasses them in any way, then they are not above twisting laws to suit them. [2]
[0] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2020/mar/08/melbo...
[1] https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/nov/28/robod...
[2] https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-28/abc-not-appealing-fed...