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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year 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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Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 year ago

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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That encryption can have a backdoor for “the good guys” to use but never the bad guys? I guess this is defeated then.

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