The #OnlineSafetyBill conflates “the public’s legitimate concern about bad online behaviour with the security services’ agenda of breaking #e2ee. Gaining a backdoor to encrypted chat has been on spies’ wishlist almost since the internet was invented.”
The Bill will “allow intelligence agencies to spy on ordinary citizens via technology platforms.”
@openrightsgroup At a recent #ProspectUnion conference, an #OFCOM employee presented about their #OnlineSafetyBill implementation plans.
When I asked them about the effect on services that use #e2ee, e.g. WhatsApp as reported in @TheGuardian, they claimed that operators were:
- clearly aware of their duties under the Bill
- only being required to submit a "risk assessment"
- creating FUD by asking for more clarity about #e2ee
I wasn't convinced TBH.
Open Rights Group
Peter Brett
Jim Killock