WhatsApp and Signal have threatened to shut down services in Britain if the Online Safety Bill includes restrictions that undermine encryption. The government is pushing it through anyway.
Absolutely - I know that is absolutely the case. I just wanted to explain that even if we accept that it would be worth sacrificing privacy to protect children, this bill wouldn’t even accomplish it.
Indeed, they’re just relying on your average Daily Mail reader to not ponder this too much and they’ve already demonstrated that they’re hard-of-thinking by buying the Daily Mail.
It’ll be interesting seeing the reaction when all the chat groups they are in disappear over night. They’ll not think it’s a good idea then. Although, that said, I don’t know anyone who thinks it’s a good idea now. This seems to just be being forced through by a dying government because they can.
That’s because “think of the children” was only a fig leaf over an attempt to impose massive state surveillance.
It’s always either pedophiles or terrorists when it comes to trying to promote laws against encrypted communications.
Absolutely - I know that is absolutely the case. I just wanted to explain that even if we accept that it would be worth sacrificing privacy to protect children, this bill wouldn’t even accomplish it.
Indeed, they’re just relying on your average Daily Mail reader to not ponder this too much and they’ve already demonstrated that they’re hard-of-thinking by buying the Daily Mail.
It’ll be interesting seeing the reaction when all the chat groups they are in disappear over night. They’ll not think it’s a good idea then. Although, that said, I don’t know anyone who thinks it’s a good idea now. This seems to just be being forced through by a dying government because they can.