Apple is hardly the only tech company that could feel the impact of the Australian law. Any company that “provides an electronic service that has one or more end-users in Australia” is required to comply. A long list of companies meets that description, such as smartphone makers and Facebook and its WhatsApp messaging service. The Australian Department of Home Affairs, which coordinates strategy and leadership of the country’s national security policy, says it would not. But security experts at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and at companies like the password manager 1Password say it is actually unclear.

Source: New York Times January 22, 2019 17:37 UTC