@aidan to TechnologyEnglish • 1 day agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square19arrow-up1332arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]news
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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish28•1 day agoAnd for that feat, UK will not rejoin the EU for another decade. This is a very undemocratic move the UK is doing here.
minus-squareEcho DotlinkfedilinkEnglish1•7 hours agoYeah Spain’s doing the same thing though so I don’t think it’s got anything to do with the EU.
minus-square@aidanOPlinkEnglish42•1 day agoThe EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026. https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-industry-and-governments-to-take-action-against-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/07/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption-would-invade-phones/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/ https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish5•20 hours agoI don’t have enough middle fingers. Can we just not do this crap?
minus-square@rottingleaflinkEnglish2•7 hours agoUse a few bazooka fingers, maybe they’ll stop for the time being
And for that feat, UK will not rejoin the EU for another decade. This is a very undemocratic move the UK is doing here.
Yeah Spain’s doing the same thing though so I don’t think it’s got anything to do with the EU.
The EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026.
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-industry-and-governments-to-take-action-against-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/07/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption-would-invade-phones/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
I don’t have enough middle fingers. Can we just not do this crap?
Use a few bazooka fingers, maybe they’ll stop for the time being