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The UK is Trying to Outlaw Encryption (www.youtube.com)
submitted 2 years ago by Remontoire to c/privacy
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In this video he discusses how the United Kingdoms "Online Safety Act" would require tech companies to implement backdoors into their encryption algorithms in order to comply with requirements to do proactive scanning for illegal content.

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[โ€“] hark 29 points 2 years ago (1 children)

The UK government is a never-ending source of stupidity, huh?

[โ€“] [email protected] 7 points 2 years ago

Yep. They don't even realize these backdoors, or 'safety nets' as they call it, can and will be used by nefarious actors.