★ ‘Changes to U.K. Surveillance Regime May Violate International Law’
https://daringfireball.net/2023/08/kouvakas_uk_surveillance
‘Changes to U.K. Surveillance Regime May Violate International Law’

What will actually happen, I believe, is that E2EE messaging platforms like WhatsApp (overwhelmingly popular in the U.K.), Signal, and iMessage *will stop working and be pulled from app stores in the U.K.*, full stop. The U.K. seems to think it’s a bluff; I don’t.

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"Perhaps the argument — as made by Kouvakas — that these changes would run afoul of international law will resonate with the U.K. in a way that technical arguments, thus far, have not."

Not a chance. This populist, sensationalist, culture war wannabe government has flaunted international law on everything from trade to Northern Ireland to refugees and asylum seekers. They'll plow on and do whatever the stupidest possible option is until we eventually kick them to the curb