Dark day for online privacy in the UK.

    • CouldntCareBear@sh.itjust.works
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      1 year ago

      Sorry wired just came to hand. You can find it referenced elsewhere.

      But it did change from ‘have to’ to ‘have to, if possible’ which is a massive climb down. It’s basically not possible to have a backdoor in e2e encryption so I think it’s dead in the water. It may even make other companies shift to e2e to avoid this legislation, which would be ironic.

      And I think the quote is from the minister in charge of the bill, so he/she would talk it up.

      The bill is awful. But at least it’s weak(er) and awful.

      Time will tell.