Colin Hayhurst ✅Aug 22, 2023
Meredith Whittaker

In reply to a quick conversation with Lord Bethell of the UK Parliament on Twitter, I composed an open response.

You can find the original (ongoing) conversation here: https://twitter.com/mer__edith/status/1692547122850111667

The the open response here: https://signal.org/blog/pdfs/LBResponse.pdf

Meredith Whittaker on X

Hi Lord Bethell, great to meet you. We're a nonprofit, not BigTech, and we've have never opposed whole Bill. We're alarmed by clause 111 giving Ofcom powers to mandate a backdoor in e2e encryption, undermining the safety & security of the UK's core infrastructure & basic rights.

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Aug 21, 2023 at 10:03pmWeb
Show threadDraken BlackKnightAug 21, 2023
@Mer__edith
Link doesn't work for those of us who deleted their Twit-turd accounts. Elmo DDoS'd his own site, remember? ;)
Show threadJonathan Kamens 86 47Aug 22, 2023
@Mer__edith It would seem to me that the reason why supporters of Clause 122 are not engaging with the undeniable facts about it is because they are not acting in good faith.
They don't care about privacy. To the extent that they say they do, they are being performative, not sincere.
Maybe you can't say that, because politics. But the rest of us can. 🤷
Show threadPheedback PhilAug 22, 2023
@Mer__edith this is an excellent letter but politicians are notably resistant to mathematical or indeed technological facts; indeed they believe that everything can be legislated! ☹️
Show threadJustin DerrickAug 22, 2023

@Mer__edith The only solution to the whole 'backdoored encryption' debate is very simple.

"You do it first." Let them try to implement encryption with back doors in government and military systems. When they fail, the response is "I can't do it for all the reasons you can't do it."

Show threadAnansi (spider)Aug 22, 2023
@Mer__edith keep the faith...