Comment on Encryption versus Child Safety: Westminster Blinks
Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 year agoTbh you can just do it client side once it’s decrypted. It may not be that hard to circumvent but the vast majority wouldn’t bother.
I’m hoping this just doesn’t get passed in its current form. But not sure the house of lords will have much understanding of this stuff.
peter@feddit.uk 1 year ago
They want to do client side scanning which technically keeps E2E encryption but basically destroys the principle behind it. Today it’s CSAM, tomorrow its terrorism related phrases, next year its “anti-government sentiment”
Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 year ago
Which won’t affect the majority of people at all. Which is how they get away with it.
The people who do care will just move to safer alternatives.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 1 year ago
Literally. I believe most criminals aren’t using WhatsApp. Moreso some weird thing called “EncroChat”
Lmaydev@programming.dev 1 year ago
Exactly.
But you do hear a lot about Facebook groups for it and shit. I’m guessing many of them are just stupid as fuck.
Which I guess is the target of this.