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

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The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide::The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption. No

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[-] raltoid@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So this is why google is actually seeing some support in their new proposal.

Who needs encryption when you have your Governement Issued and Officially Licensed and DRM locked browser that forces you to watch ads between every click or you can't use the online-only services.

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