The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)
from seasonone@opidea.xyz to technology@lemmy.ml on 27 Jul 2023 14:43
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infectoid@lemmy.world on 27 Jul 2023 15:14 next collapse

/* Australia has entered the unencrypted chat *

max@feddit.nl on 27 Jul 2023 16:23 next collapse

Oh we know already. ;)

FlameGrilledTanuki@lemmy.world on 27 Jul 2023 21:38 collapse

Thankfully the right wing party has been booted out nationally here now. The political will to ban encryption has lessened a fair bit.

infectoid@lemmy.world on 28 Jul 2023 15:12 collapse

Unfortunately the damage has already been done.

The Assistance and Access Bill 2018 pretty much forces companies to backdoor their products when requested if they operate in Australia.

pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one on 27 Jul 2023 15:38 next collapse

Only if other countries follow, but with such a small market it’s easier to just abandon the UK.

dandroid@dandroid.app on 27 Jul 2023 15:54 next collapse

Crossing my fingers that if they go through with this, all tech companies just stop doing business in the UK, causing them to realize what a horrible mistake they have made and undo it quickly.

TWeaK@lemm.ee on 27 Jul 2023 16:24 collapse

Not to mention people who will just up and leave. The Tory party have been turning this country to shit.

yak@lemmy.ml on 28 Jul 2023 04:52 collapse

Yeah, I might go and live in mainland Europe … Oh, hang on …

allywilson@sopuli.xyz on 27 Jul 2023 16:19 next collapse

When this goes ahead, and it probably will, I hope that every single app implements it in a totally different, unfriendly, unautomated, way, or even better, make it unique per person, per app. Or, even multiple methods that are only available at certain times of certain days. It’ll be absolutely useless to the government if they have to wade through mud to get at the data.

CookieJarObserver@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jul 2023 18:18 next collapse

No its not, companys and services effected will just nit service UK anymore or are completely unreachable for them…

Feyter@programming.dev on 27 Jul 2023 19:50 next collapse

I think with this they are even worst than China… Getting UK back to the top of at least one list must be the goal here.

HeavenAndHell@lemmy.world on 27 Jul 2023 22:04 next collapse

We should just erode UK instead. We don’t need tea. I’ll miss their comedy shows tho

polskilumalo@lemmygrad.ml on 28 Jul 2023 01:24 next collapse

We don’t need tea

Like they are some magical huge exporter of it. They’ve exported much more heinous things that 100% are justifications for eroding the UK.

Tiuku@sopuli.xyz on 28 Jul 2023 11:05 collapse

I need tea but luckily it’s not grown in UK

Steamymoomilk@sh.itjust.works on 27 Jul 2023 22:14 next collapse

this chat is 100% private its only me, you and British Glowies. see perfectly private. its stupid that the british goverment thinks there can be spying and still be private, it contradicts itself. i hope they throw this legislation out because privacy is a right not an option.

UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world on 27 Jul 2023 22:46 next collapse

Maybe if the EU did this, something like that would happen. With the UK? Pull your headquarters out there and dare them to block your service.

Go ahead, ban all messaging services and cause riots. I’ll wait.

faintedheart@lemmy.world on 28 Jul 2023 15:21 collapse

They will stop doing business in Britain. A small market. Chances that ither countries do the same is there.