James BakerWhatsApp aren’t messing about when it comes to saying they won’t compromise on E2EE. Will Rishi’s Government be responsible for millions of people losing access to the app? #privacy https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/mar/09/whatsapp-end-to-end-encryption-online-safety-bill
MissScott01@JamesBaker Probably yes, just to appear strong. But if that’s what needed to get my family to finally use signal or telegram instead of an app owned by Meta I‘d be very happy.
@MissScott01 Sadly Meredith have said signal would leave as well. Maybe they could still be run with a VPN or sone over solution but they might get taken down from app stores and be geo locked.
@JamesBaker I just read up on what this is all about (and that it’s not only about whatsapp).
@MissScott01 and I’d love my family to make the move to signal too!
Steve Bennett@JamesBaker I don’t often celebrate anything from Meta. On this occasion I’m willing to make an exception.
@steveb Yes it’s an odd situation where Meta are the defenders of Liberty in the U.K. rather than a single political party…
Phil Dearson@JamesBaker Everyone’s going to end up running VPNs by default. Well, the more tech-savvy anyway. Govt seemingly determined to make the UK a global irrelevance.
@pd Yes until they crack down on VPN technology like Iran, which was an actual Labour amendment to the online safety bill
@JamesBaker Labour advocated for VPN crack down or the opposite?
Derick Rethans@pd @JamesBaker for a crack down.
@pd @derickr @openrightsgroup We don’t do specific recommendations but personally I would look at a service like https://www.vpncompare.co.uk/ and pick something that suites your needs.