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> Force technology companies to inform the Home Office in advance of security and privacy features they want to add, including encryption, and force them to dis
by nonmo 3y ago
> Force technology companies to inform the Home Office in advance of security and privacy features they want to add, including encryption, and force them to disable features which the government objects to
This sounds fine to me. The signals intelligence agencies don't want to be blindsided by changes that will hamper their work. Private industry needs to be willing to co-operate for the benefit of everyone, not just their bottom line.
- rangestransform 3y agoprivate industry should belligerently protect customer privacy, even against the wishes of the surveillance state, rugpulling as hard as necessary
- sandworm101 3y agoAnd when a company wants to patch a zero-day exploit being used by criminals to scam customers? What if that impacts the government's surveillance activities? And what of free/open source software? Does every linux update now need mi6 vetting? Or will we just trust His Majesty's to be nice and not do evil things to us?
- nonmo 3y agoPatching an 0-day isn't the same thing as adding a new privacy or security feature. Linux is different because anyone can very clearly see the roadmap for features by following the LKML.
- pjc50 3y ago> Patching an 0-day isn't the same thing as adding a new privacy or security feature You think that, but where is that written? > Linux is different because anyone can very clearly see the roadmap for features by following the LKML. If there's a requirement to inform the HO, posting on LKML is not going to meet that. Also the HO may start vetoing Linux changes.
- nonmo 3y agoIt's common knowledge. Literally no-one working in this field considers patching a buffer overrun or use-after-free or whatever to be the same as adding a security feature.
- renegat0x0 3y agoEdward Snowden showed that they are not surveilling only because of 'child abuse', but to exert power and control. Why should I help them? Why should anyone help them? .... but think of the children they scream.
- nonmo 3y agoDid you reply to the wrong comment? I didn't mention child abuse.