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Brexit looking good right now.

• 2pEXgD0fZ5cF 2y ago
  Britain is already terrible when it comes to matters of privacy and/or encryption
  • DrScientist 2y ago
    Yep - or world leading depending on which side of the fence you sit :-) This is from 1981..... https://www.duncancampbell.org/content/big-brother-listening-phonetappers-security-state https://www.duncancampbell.org/content/big-brother-listening...
  • mihaaly 2y ago
    They are just lazy and occupied with other means of pretend right now, that's the only reason they did not pull a more drastic version of this just yet. It will come eventually.
• xandrius 2y ago
  You must not have a great eyesight then.
• Cthulhu_ 2y ago
  One reason behind Brexit was that there were EU privacy laws in place that prevented UK citizens' data to be sold or exported to US based companies, like NHS data [0] https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/08/nhs-gives-amazon-free-use-of-health-data-under-alexa-advice-deal https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/dec/08/nhs-gives-am... or https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-us-data-bridge-supporting-documents/uk-us-data-bridge-factsheet-for-uk-organisations https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/uk-us-data-bridge.... Also with protecting the internal market; the UK is interested in importing US produce like chlorinated eggs and chickens, but EU laws said nu uh: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/business/chlorinated-chicken-uk.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/25/business/chlorinated-chic...