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UK passes "online safety" bill making end-to-end encryption impossible (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by El_Dorado@beehaw.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] FeelzGoodMan420@eviltoast.org 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

So did Signal and others actually leave the UK market or did they fold like a wet paper napkin like we all knew they would?

[–] milicent_bystandr@lemm.ee 7 points 1 year ago

By the looks of it e2ee isn't actually banned, and if e.g. Signal says "we can't technically scan people's messages" then they're given a pass... maybe. The Reuters article reads like the UK gvmt are going to be going after more Facebook-like media first, rather than encrypted private messages.

[–] El_Dorado@beehaw.org 4 points 1 year ago

I'd love to know that as well. So if you guys have any news let's have it