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UK passes "online safety" bill making end-to-end encryption impossible (www.reuters.com)

submitted 1 year ago by El_Dorado@beehaw.org to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] unconfirmedsourcesDOTgov@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Earlier this month, junior minister Stephen Parkinson appeared to concede ground, saying in parliament's upper chamber that Ofcom would only require them to scan content where "technically feasible".

Big if true.

[–] floofloof@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

It depends how they interpret "technically feasible". It's technically feasible to force everyone to compromise their encryption.