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seasonone ( seasonone@opidea.xyz )  to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago

The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide

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The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide

www.eff.org

seasonone ( seasonone@opidea.xyz )  to World News@lemmy.ml · 3 years ago
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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...
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    Just make a list how many companies tech companies operate from west. All those companies have to follow the law of the homeland.

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

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

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        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.

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