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Looking forward to someone bringing this up when discussing the ongoing died-but-somehow-always-revived legislations that would introduce backdoors for encryption for government
Died? The below are all happening right now.
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/international-statement-end-to-end-encryption-and-public-safety/international-statement-end-to-end-encryption-and-public-safety-accessible-version
https://9to5mac.com/2023/07/20/apple-imessage-facetime-remove-security-law/
https://www.eff.org/uk/deeplinks/2023/03/tell-uks-house-lords-protect-end-end-encryption-online-safety-bill
Yeah the ones in EU and UK are kinda fresh, but if I remember correctly, the ones in the US went through different iterations through many years, and keep coming back. There’s also a new-ish one in the US as well I think.
There's a new anti-encryption act in the USA. This page has information about how to oppose it:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/you-can-help-stop-these-bad-internet-bills