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The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide

www.eff.org The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide

The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force...

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How is a country going to end encryption worldwide? The West okay, bu what jurisdiction do they have over me?
- That's what I also fail to grasp.
  If things get serious and for example the WhatsApp, Telegram and Signals of the world have to disable e2ee to keep operating in the UK, I guess they could just leave that market before compromising data privacy of their users worldwide.
  I don't see this "ending encryption worldwide" thingy happening, at all.
  But they could dig themselves a deeper hole after Brexit, that's definitely possible and wouldn't surprise me a bit.
  
  Or ship specific versions of their software for the UK, as it is done with other software in other countries with restrictions.
  
  A lot of them have already said they'd withdraw (facetime, iMessage, signal, WhatsApp included).
- Not even the West. Just the UK.
- Just make a list how many companies tech companies operate from west. All those companies have to follow the law of the homeland.
  
  Sure, but most of those companies didn't even care much about privacy any way. How would this affect Matrix for example?
  
  Apple have already said they will shut down iMessage support in the UK if the bill passes.
  
  this cryptographer working thing which will affect quantum computing, blockchain and integration of data. I don't know much about Matrix so I can't comment on that.
- Idk where you live, but much of the world already lacks privacy
  
  What you said means pretty much nothing if you don't take the time to explain it.
  
  What I meant is, I literally don't know where you live, so I don't know why it doesn't impact you "outside the west"

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