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Ignacio to Privacy@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago

The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide

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The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide

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Ignacio to Privacy@lemmy.ml • 2 years ago
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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 amendments have been accepted that would mitigate the bill’s most dangerous elements. If it passes, the Online Safety Bill will be a huge step backwards for global privacy, and democracy itself.
  • @Potato_in_my_anus@lemmy.ml
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    Is there anything we can do about it?

    • @ilovegodette@lemmy.world
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      I think Mental Outlaw did a video on this. He said we should use foss forks of projects or something.

    • @Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
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      Refuse to use any software that bows to this bullshit.

      • @floofloof@lemmy.ca
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        Keep using software that doesn’t bow. Let them struggle to enforce any encryption ban. Safety in numbers.

        • @Vendetta9076@sh.itjust.works
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          Aye. The logical conclusion to this if left unchecked is restriction all the way down to the OS level. Don’t let them take this first step. If they do, the others will follow.

          • @salient_one@lemmy.villa-straylight.social
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            Or even worse, locked bootloaders and a crack down on jailbreaking.

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