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[News, Call for Action] The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)
submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]
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The U.K. Parliament is close to passing the Online Safety Bill, which threatens global privacy by allowing backdoors into messaging services, compromising end-to-end encryption. Despite objections, no amendments were accepted. The bill also includes content filtering and surveillance measures. There's still a chance for lawmakers to protect privacy with an amendment preserving encryption. A recent survey shows the majority of U.K. citizens want strong privacy on messaging apps.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (2 children)

U.K. civil society groups have condemned the bill, as have technical experts and human rights groups around the world.

Has there been pushback from banks and other big businesses whose activity fundamentally depends on secure encrypted communications? Has there not been pushback from the intelligence services? Or would they be exempt?

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 year ago

Who do you think has been pushing for the back doors? The intelligence community and law enforcement. They want EASY access to everything so they don't have to take the effort to break encryption after getting a warrant (if they even both with a warrant). You can bet your bottom dollar they are exempt from this law for "public safety."