Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull said, as part of a speech proposing a law to force tech companies to give the government access to encrypted messages,
“The laws of mathematics are very commendable, but the only law that applies in Australia is the law of Australia.”
The problem is that the end-to-end encryption schemes used by messaging apps make it practically impossible for the makers of the app to read messages, even if they really want to.
New Scientist writer Jacob Aron has seen the positive side of Turnbull’s comments:
Mathematicians, rejoice! In the land down under, your undecidable problems melt away! Fight the Gödelian oppressors and move to Australia! https://t.co/Sc96tbvyeX
— Jacob Aron (@jjaron) July 14, 2017