Officials from the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia and New Zealand will discuss next month plans to force tech companies to break encryption on their products.
The so-called Five Eyes nations have a long-standing agreement to gather and share intelligence from across the globe. They will meet in Canada with a focus on how to prevent “terrorists and organized criminals” from “operating with impunity ungoverned digital spaces online,” according to Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull.