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The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by seasonone@opidea.xyz to c/worldnews@lemmy.ml

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[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago

How is a country going to end encryption worldwide? The West okay, bu what jurisdiction do they have over me?

[-] happyhippo@feddit.it 9 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

That's what I also fail to grasp.

If things get serious and for example the WhatsApp, Telegram and Signals of the world have to disable e2ee to keep operating in the UK, I guess they could just leave that market before compromising data privacy of their users worldwide.

I don't see this "ending encryption worldwide" thingy happening, at all.

But they could dig themselves a deeper hole after Brexit, that's definitely possible and wouldn't surprise me a bit.

[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml -2 points 1 year ago

Or ship specific versions of their software for the UK, as it is done with other software in other countries with restrictions.

[-] perezoso@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

A lot of them have already said they'd withdraw (facetime, iMessage, signal, WhatsApp included).

[-] seasonone@opidea.xyz 2 points 1 year ago

Just make a list how many companies tech companies operate from west. All those companies have to follow the law of the homeland.

[-] gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Sure, but most of those companies didn't even care much about privacy any way. How would this affect Matrix for example?

[-] f314@lemm.ee 4 points 1 year ago

Apple have already said they will shut down iMessage support in the UK if the bill passes.

[-] seasonone@opidea.xyz -1 points 1 year ago

this cryptographer working thing which will affect quantum computing, blockchain and integration of data. I don't know much about Matrix so I can't comment on that.