[Linux-aus] ART FOI review - myGov Code Generator app source code

Glen Turner gdt at gdt.id.au
Sat Jan 3 13:38:44 AEDT 2026


1) a FOI request might not result in the Code Generator source code,
but FOI should be able to illuminate the decision making around how the
app came to be, say versus a list of recommended TOTP apps.

2) a potential claim that the app has a national security sensitivity
would imply the agency has done a lot of paperwork to meet the
requirements of a novel national security cryptographic system, and
some of that may be obtainable by FOI. In particular the list of ISM
exceptions would be long and fundamental, eg: the TOTP secret key does
not roll over often enough, the app is fielded onto uncontrolled
hardware and unmanaged operating systems.

-glen
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