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[News, Call for Action] The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)
submitted 2 years ago by [email protected] to c/technology
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cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/153506

The U.K. Parliament is close to passing the Online Safety Bill, which threatens global privacy by allowing backdoors into messaging services, compromising end-to-end encryption. Despite objections, no amendments were accepted. The bill also includes content filtering and surveillance measures. There's still a chance for lawmakers to protect privacy with an amendment preserving encryption. A recent survey shows the majority of U.K. citizens want strong privacy on messaging apps.

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[–] ShittyBeatlesFCPres 34 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I don’t know if post-Brexit Britain has the juice for this. If nothing else, Signal is going to exit. Losing the entire EU is a major hit to a company but losing the UK? I could see companies just offering a degraded experience for UK users. (Green bubble style, basically.)

[–] [email protected] 26 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Funny you mention green bubbles, Apple has said they would pull iMessage and FaceTime from the UK rather than add a backdoor. Signal and WhatsApp have also said they would leave the market rather than comply and Google has opposed the bill but I haven’t personally seen any reporting on if they said they’d pull services from the UK.

[–] TenderfootGungi 2 points 2 years ago

WhatsApp is huge in the UK.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 years ago

Apple has said they'd disable relevant services in the UK if it passes