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Mrkawfee@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago

Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Fight to Break Encryption

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Britain Admits Defeat in Controversial Fight to Break Encryption

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Mrkawfee@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 years ago
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The UK government has admitted that the technology needed to securely scan encrypted messages sent on Signal and WhatsApp doesn’t exist, weakening its controversial Online Safety Bill.
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    Here’s a nutty idea… if you must have an “online safety bill,” maybe get people who actually understand how the internet works help you write it.

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      Ludicrous! The Australian government says that laws of mathematics are secondary to laws of the state

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      They tried that once with drugs, but didn’t like the results…

      https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Nutt

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      The UK government are not interested in expert opinion this is true for all parties

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