▲ 953 ▼ Under British and UK Legislation anyone using or developing end-to-end encryption is now a “hostile actor” (lemmy.ml) submitted 5 months ago by tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 168 comments fedilink hide all child comments Surveillance strategies in the UK and Israel often go global
[–] wizardbeard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 123 points 5 months ago (2 children) No way this lasts or holds up to basic scrutiny. End to end encryption is a de-facto standard for so fucking much technology. Like fucking HTTPS. permalink fedilink source hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml [S] 25 points 5 months ago (1 child) Well if they commit to this, it will never affect "e2ee" options that collaborate with feds e.g. whatsapp, imessage. If you can kill Refaat Alareer with it rest assured you will be able to keep it in your phone anytime permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 55 points 5 months ago* Yes, the trick is to outlaw it entirely then enforce the law selectively against those whom you find politically awkward. permalink fedilink source parent [–] gtr@programming.dev 9 points 5 months ago TLS is not typically considered end-to-end encryption. It's transport encryption. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml [S] 25 points 5 months ago (1 child) Well if they commit to this, it will never affect "e2ee" options that collaborate with feds e.g. whatsapp, imessage. If you can kill Refaat Alareer with it rest assured you will be able to keep it in your phone anytime permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 55 points 5 months ago* Yes, the trick is to outlaw it entirely then enforce the law selectively against those whom you find politically awkward. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 55 points 5 months ago* Yes, the trick is to outlaw it entirely then enforce the law selectively against those whom you find politically awkward. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] gtr@programming.dev 9 points 5 months ago TLS is not typically considered end-to-end encryption. It's transport encryption. permalink fedilink source parent
