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BlackRose Jul 26, 2023

[News, Call for Action] The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide

[News, Call for Action] The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide - SLRPNK

cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/153506 [https://monyet.cc/post/153506] > The U.K. Parliament is close to passing the Online Safety Bill, which threatens global privacy by allowing backdoors into messaging services, compromising end-to-end encryption. Despite objections, no amendments were accepted. The bill also includes content filtering and surveillance measures. There’s still a chance for lawmakers to protect privacy with an amendment preserving encryption. A recent survey shows the majority of U.K. citizens want strong privacy on messaging apps.

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phi1997 Jul 27, 2023

I'm surprised banks haven't stepped in. They wouldn't help for the good of the world, but this would destroy online commerce and banking.

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WhatAmLemmy Jul 27, 2023

Why would banks step in? All your financial data is already accessible to the government.

I doubt any of these efforts will break TLS, in-transit, or any at rest type of encryption. They’re goal is to break E2E “zero access” encryption, and it’s usage by commoners. The services they can’t already gain access to. Even if they did, politicians will absolve their capital handlers the same as they always absolve themselves, because they are criminally corrupt corporate whores.

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TenderfootGungi

London was Europe’s banking center. Post Brexit much of it has moved to other EU countries, but there are still large teams in London handling investments all over Europe.