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UK passes "online safety" bill making end-to-end encryption impossible
(www.reuters.com)
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this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023
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No they won't. The bill is against social media companies, not your own encryption measures. Where the line exactly falls between hand-coding your own cypher; using good old PGP; using an app to encrypt but sending via a separate service; using an e2ee messaging app+service; being on a community/group-focused e2ee service; normal unencrypted-on-server social media... Going by the Reuters article (I haven't read the actual bill) it seems mostly aimed at main social media platforms, with a to-be-explored relationship with private messages.