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The UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryption

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Submitted ⁨⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨aidan@lemmy.world⁩ to ⁨technology@lemmy.world⁩

https://www.theverge.com/policy/621848/uk-killing-encryption-e2e-apple-adp-privacy

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  • 9point6@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Why? If they’ve not done anything wrong, they’ve got nothing to hide

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    • knightmare1147@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      “I need privacy not because my actions are questionable, but because your judgement and intentions are.” - Stéphane Bortzmeyer

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  • HappyTimeHarry@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I look forward to only criminals having access to encryption

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    • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Time to do steganography to talk to my friends I guess

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  • TransSynthesist@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    That means they are.

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    • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yep lol

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  • henfredemars@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Reducing UK security is probably not a good idea at the best of times, let alone these days with global tensions increasing.

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    • Telorand@reddthat.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah, but how are they gonna catch the bad guys unless they can unlock your home and make sure you’re not one of them? /s

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  • Gloria@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    And for that feat, UK will not rejoin the EU for another decade. This is a very undemocratic move the UK is doing here.

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    • aidan@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      The EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026.

      …europa.eu/…/european-police-chiefs-call-for-indu…

      forbes.com/…/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryp…

      theregister.com/…/signal_will_withdraw_from_swede…

      wired.com/…/europe-break-encryption-leaked-docume…

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I don’t have enough middle fingers. Can we just not do this crap?

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    • echodot@feddit.uk ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Yeah Spain’s doing the same thing though so I don’t think it’s got anything to do with the EU.

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  • billwashere@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I absolutely detest it when politicians are just this fuckin’ clueless. I rather hope the lot of them have their bank accounts tampered with.

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  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Confirmed

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  • flamingsjack@lemmy.ml ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Time for pgp then.

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    • boreengreen@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      From now on; whenever they can’t find incriminating messages elsewhere, they will come to you. You suspicious, secret, something to hide-guy.

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      • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Let them come.

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  • lupusblackfur@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Welp…

    Guess they don’t really need to confirm that which is blatantly obvious to the casual observer…

    🤷‍♂️ 🤦‍♀️ 🤷‍♂️

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