Comment on Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users
admin@lemmy.my-box.dev 1 year agoA clause of the bill allows Ofcom, the British telecom regulator, to serve a notice requiring tech companies to scan their users–all of them–for child abuse content.This would affect even messages and files that are end-to-end encrypted to protect user privacy. As enacted, the OSB allows the government to force companies to build technology that can scan regardless of encryption–in other words, build a backdoor.
Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
I am willing to bet that the overwhelming response from tech to “build a back door into every internet user’s E2EE communication globally for us to use” is going to be a big fat “No”. The UK market isn’t big enough to be making these kinds of demands.
tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk 1 year ago
The reaction is more likely ‘It’s still impossible. Just like we told you all the other times. Idiots.’
Steeve@lemmy.ca 1 year ago
It’s technically not impossible, it would just get rid if the entire point of E2EE, which is mentioned in WhatsApp’s response:
drbluefall@toast.ooo 1 year ago
…this would make E2EE effectively meaningless, because no amount of encryption will protect against getting scanned at the entrance and exit.