@aidan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 4 months agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up129cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
arrow-up129external-linkThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.com@aidan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world • 4 months agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.world
minus-square@Sabin10@lemmy.worldlinkfedilink4•4 months agoThis would be the dumbest thing since brexit so it’s entirely possible that it’s true.
minus-square@aidan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilink6•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/