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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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[–] Steeve@lemmy.ca 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

That definitely won't happen. Full E2EE apps like Signal, iMessage, and WhatsApp aren't going to risk the worldwide backlash that would come with implementing backdoor access. The UK market isn't that big and definitely not worth it, they'd pull out of the UK entirely first.

[–] renormalizer@feddit.de 1 points 1 year ago

I hope they will. My guess is that a nonprofit like Signal will pull out. They have nothing to gain and a reputation to lose. The others will probably comply by implementing some form of client-side scanning.