VPN tunnels don’t magically become transparent when packets pass UK fiber and routers. And legislation doesn’t translate well into which software people are allowed to run, for endpoints in UK. They can try to become North Korea of course, good luck with that.
Comment on The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 year agoThe reason it will impact security worldwide is that the UK is part of the “14 eyes” alliance, an alliance used to spy on citizens. Any encrypted data going to or through the UK will need to have this backdoor, exposing all encrypted traffic to this vulnerability while also sharing that data with foreign governments. Edward Snowden exposed that the US government was paying the UK government to spy on US citizens for the data. This is what will happen in the UK, but for people around the globe.
eleitl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.one 1 year ago
They’re up to 14 now? When did that happen? They used to be just 5.
rockSlayer@lemmy.world 1 year ago
The 5 eyes still exist, they’re like the “inner circle” of eroding privacy. I think it’s no longer useful to just refer to the 5 eyes, because data about our personal life is shared with far more than even 14 governments