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The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by igalmarino@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] Certainity45@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Just two years ago the politicians fearmongered that quantum computers will break every encryption without delay. This bill speaks quite different story.

[–] tristar@lemmyfly.org -1 points 1 year ago

They will... when they finally get invented. For now though, law enforcement will have to do annoying things like "following the word of law" and convincing judges who clearly do not understand the national security implications of kids going to the wrong school to give them warrants.