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

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[-] HurlingDurling@lemm.ee 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

So, looking at this article, there is no mention that they made end-to-end encryption illegal.

Tech companies have said scanning messages and end-to-end encryption are fundamentally incompatible.

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".

So they would basically be scanning information WITHOUT end-to-end encryption

this post was submitted on 21 Sep 2023

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