The UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryption
The UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryption
Apple boldly pulled E2EE following a leaked government order.
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I look forward to only criminals having access to encryption
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Time to do steganography to talk to my friends I guess
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Why? If they've not done anything wrong, they've got nothing to hide
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"I need privacy not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are." - Stéphane Bortzmeyer
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That means they are.
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Yep lol
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Reducing UK security is probably not a good idea at the best of times, let alone these days with global tensions increasing.
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Yeah, but how are they gonna catch the bad guys unless they can unlock your home and make sure you're not one of them? /s
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And for that feat, UK will not rejoin the EU for another decade. This is a very undemocratic move the UK is doing here.
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The EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026.
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
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Yeah Spain's doing the same thing though so I don't think it's got anything to do with the EU.
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I absolutely detest it when politicians are just this fuckin’ clueless. I rather hope the lot of them have their bank accounts tampered with.
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Time for pgp then.
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From now on; whenever they can't find incriminating messages elsewhere, they will come to you. You suspicious, secret, something to hide-guy.
Everyone deserves private communication.
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Let them come.
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Confirmed
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Welp...
Guess they don't really need to confirm that which is blatantly obvious to the casual observer...
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