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Whilst the messaging here is chilling, I don’t think E2E will be banned in the UK. Not least because journalists and MPs use it everyday in signal and WhatsApp.
by agd 5y ago
Whilst the messaging here is chilling, I don’t think E2E will be banned in the UK. Not least because journalists and MPs use it everyday in signal and WhatsApp.
- agilob 5y agoThe regulation won't ban MPs using E2E encryption, the government doesn't care about journalists and their stupid rights. Everyone, but MPs and other people in power will be except from the ban.
- ljm 5y agoI think the government just rolls this kind of legislation out whenever something else is going on and they need a diversion. I've said it in previous threads on the topic but something like this has probably come up once or twice a year for the past 20 years. Encryption, porn, age restrictions on the internet... We shouldn't become dismissive of it that way but I'm sure this will conveniently fall off the radar when it's served its purpose. But it should be noted that our PM Boris Johnson referrs to something like this as a dead cat: throw a dead cat on the table and everyone's looking at the dead cat, not the other thing that's going on.
- eptcyka 5y agoMPs and other parliamentary officials are exempt from ISPs keeping logs of their web activities, do you honestly think that this will affect the people in power?
- flipbrad 5y agoThey aren't. The Investigatory Powers Act just tightens the conditions/ circumstances under which it is supposed to happen.
- UltraViolence 5y agoDidn't you get the memo? In the UK all the laws and rules only apply to the working class, not the ruling class. See BoJo's Christmas Parties and weekly "work meetings" for details.