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Mods: Is this title accurate? It makes it sounds like an encryption back door, but from reading it sounds more like social media companies being forced to provi
by ac2u 7y ago
Mods: Is this title accurate? It makes it sounds like an encryption back door, but from reading it sounds more like social media companies being forced to provide the cyphertext.
(with the authorities then being in a position to compel the end users to give access to devices).
- rahuldottech 7y ago> Social media platforms based in the U.S. including Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users’ encrypted messages with British police under a new treaty between the two countries, according to a person familiar with the matter. This might mean "...must share messages that are otherwise encrypted", it's not completely clear from the language used.