evacideSep 19, 2023

The fight isn't over, but ouch. In the UK, Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill, which grants government the power to force companies to backdoor e2e encryption.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/today-uk-parliament-undermined-privacy-security-and-freedom-all-internet-users

Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users 

The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the privacy and security of U.K. residents, but internet users worldwide.

Electronic Frontier Foundation
Show threadNickSep 19, 2023

@evacide they did say that it's currently unenforceable but it is there if 'cirumstances' change... and I seem to recall another snippet somewhere that there's a push to stop companies working on 0 days if against the country's interests. Not sure which is more frightening :)

https://9to5mac.com/2023/08/24/apple-security-updates-ban/

Apple security updates could be banned by British government

Everyone in the tech industry facepalms almost every time legislators try to pontificate on technology, but the British government appears...

9to5Mac
Show threadrobert daniel pickardSep 19, 2023

@wintervirus @evacide can you point me to where they've said it's unenforceable?

I've seen acknowledgment that there isn't safe backdoor-ing. But not that the law is unenforceable

Show threadNick
@rdp @evacide perhaps a better terminology would be the one in TechDirt there "technically feasible to do so while preserving users’ privacy". Capability rather than the law, although how you can have one without the other?
Sep 19, 2023 at 9:05pmWeb