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This is a pointless petition. "We don't want to ban encryption." - Ed Vaizey, Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, on 16 July 2015 -
by jackgavigan 11y ago
This is a pointless petition.
"We don't want to ban encryption." - Ed Vaizey, Minister of State at the Department of Culture, Media & Sport, on 16 July 2015 - http://www.scmagazineuk.com/uk-minister-cyber-security-a-priority-for-government-but-no-ban-on-encryption/article/426726/ http://www.scmagazineuk.com/uk-minister-cyber-security-a-pri...
- wgx 11y agoThey want to ban encryption which doesn't have a backdoor. It's semantics, but the end result is to make encryption ineffective. Which is practically the same as a ban.
- phaemon 11y agoI disagree. Politicians love to leave things vague so they can argue they didn't break their promises later on. Getting politicians to specifically state that they will not do something is always a win.