Comment on The war on privacy and encryption goes on. This time in the UK. Under the “Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Bill”, lawmakers now want client-side scanning on every phone and tablet.

ExLisper@lemmy.curiana.net ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

The year is 2031. Every phone comes with government mandated, pre-installed spyware scanning everyone incoming and outgoing message. VPNs are illegal now and special police units track and stop anyone with unauthorized account. Random stops and phone searches make sure no one is using modded ROMs. Failure to unlock phone for police is punishable with long prison terms.

People seeking privacy (i.e. criminals) resort to drastic measures to evade those new rules. Unlocked phones are smuggled through the channel but it’s to risky to carry them around or even to connect them to the network. “Privacy phones” are usually carried in the ass and only taken out for a quick PornHub session or to post illegal meme to lemmy. ROM updates are only traded underground and getting the images is more dangerous than trading drugs. Police informants are everywhere. Truly, the darkest days for privacy online.

On the bright side pedophilia was completely eradicated and all the children are safe now.

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