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The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by L4s@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide::The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption. No

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[–] veloxy@lemmy.world 29 points 1 year ago (1 children)

UK really seems to want to close themselves off from the world. Sounds like an immense amount of work for something that can never be truly effective, the ones who want to keep their communication secure will always find a way.

[–] Anti_Iridium@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

Who knew 1984 was right about Airstrip One