@[email protected] to [email protected] • 4 months agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up129cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilink4•4 months agoThis would be the dumbest thing since brexit so it’s entirely possible that it’s true.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilink6•4 months agoThe EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026. https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-industry-and-governments-to-take-action-against-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/07/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption-would-invade-phones/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/ https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
This would be the dumbest thing since brexit so it’s entirely possible that it’s true.
The EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026.
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-industry-and-governments-to-take-action-against-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/07/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption-would-invade-phones/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/