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Now this is a headline I didn't want to see pass. I wonder if Apple will do what they said and pull iMessage and FaceTime. Same with Meta and WhatsApp.
by cwales95 3y ago
Now this is a headline I didn't want to see pass. I wonder if Apple will do what they said and pull iMessage and FaceTime. Same with Meta and WhatsApp.
- jimnotgym 3y agoWell that would be a nice side effect, yes. It would be great if a terrible law had such fine consequences.
- TetraBeef 3y agoI think most of the companies saying they would pull out said they would because of the parts of the bill targeting end to end encryption. I thought they dropped that part of the bill, I may be mistaken though.
- Jigsy 3y agoThey said it wasn't currently feasible. Meaning they believe it will be (lol) years or decades down the line.
- cwales95 3y agoPretty much. I’m not sure if it got included but if it was feasibly possible they absolutely would — which is just as bad in my opinion. Lack of capability does not nullify intent.
- darreninthenet 3y agoIt was included, I think the wording was changed to include something like "when technically feasible" or similar
- toyg 3y agoNothing was changed. The government just trotted out a nobody to make a statement that basically said "we won't do it until we think it can be done"; the sensationalist media thought they had got their U-turn, ran a few headlines, and moved on. The bill just passed as it was. The British establishment is occasionally infuriating.
- jacooper 3y agoThat was 100% on purpose, they won't care and will force a backdoor anyway.
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- jacooper 3y agoThey didn't https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/today-uk-parliament-undermined-privacy-security-and-freedom-all-internet-users https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/today-uk-parliament-un...