@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square19fedilinkarrow-up1158cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1158external-linkThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.com@[email protected] to [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square19fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish17•4 months agoAnd for that feat, UK will not rejoin the EU for another decade. This is a very undemocratic move the UK is doing here.
minus-square@[email protected]OPlinkfedilinkEnglish25•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/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish7•4 months agoI don’t have enough middle fingers. Can we just not do this crap?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoUse a few bazooka fingers, maybe they’ll stop for the time being
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months agoYeah Spain’s doing the same thing though so I don’t think it’s got anything to do with the EU.
And for that feat, UK will not rejoin the EU for another decade. This is a very undemocratic move the UK is doing here.
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/
I don’t have enough middle fingers. Can we just not do this crap?
Use a few bazooka fingers, maybe they’ll stop for the time being
Yeah Spain’s doing the same thing though so I don’t think it’s got anything to do with the EU.