ᴇᴍᴘᴇʀᴏʀ 帝A to United KingdomEnglish · 11 months agoApple warns iMessage and FaceTime could be withdrawn in UK over law changewww.theguardian.comexternal-linkmessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down11cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mltechnology@lemmy.ml
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minus-squarethehatfox@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·11 months agoEnd to end encryption is essential for private and secure communication of any form. Unfortunately it seems our government still needs more pressure to understand that.
minus-squarelemonflavoured@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up5·11 months agoThey’ll make an exception for themselves and consider that enough.
minus-squareDalëlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·11 months agoThe insane thing about these laws are that the type of people they want to target will find a way to circumvent the laws. Android side loading, vpns to circumvent isp block etc. The very individuals they want to target will just be driven further underground at the expense of the privacy and security of everyone.
End to end encryption is essential for private and secure communication of any form.
Unfortunately it seems our government still needs more pressure to understand that.
They’ll make an exception for themselves and consider that enough.
The insane thing about these laws are that the type of people they want to target will find a way to circumvent the laws.
Android side loading, vpns to circumvent isp block etc.
The very individuals they want to target will just be driven further underground at the expense of the privacy and security of everyone.