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Comment on Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users

Steeve@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ 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.

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tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.uk ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
The reaction is more likely ‘It’s still impossible. Just like we told you all the other times. Idiots.’

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- Steeve@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
  It’s technically not impossible, it would just get rid if the entire point of E2EE, which is mentioned in WhatsApp’s response:
  
  if implemented as written, could empower Ofcom to try to force the proactive scanning of private messages on end-to-end encrypted communication services, nullifying the purpose of end-to-end encryption as a result and compromising the privacy of all users
  
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  - drbluefall@toast.ooo ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    …this would make E2EE effectively meaningless, because no amount of encryption will protect against getting scanned at the entrance and exit.
    
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    darth_helmet@sh.itjust.works ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    And then some incompetent contractor will put the backdoor key onto their GitHub and completely destroy everyone’s privacy
    
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    phx@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    AND it would probably break laws in other countries that actually value privacy or security. It’s not like they’d be making a UK-only client for every fucking app or device that uses encrypted communications
    
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    Steeve@lemmy.ca ⁨9⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago
    Yeah exactly, it’s very, very stupid and not something any service that actually bothered to enable E2EE in the first place would ever seriously consider.
    
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