@aidan to TechnologyEnglish • 21 hours agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square19arrow-up1310arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected]news
arrow-up1307arrow-down1external-linkThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.com@aidan to TechnologyEnglish • 21 hours agomessage-square19cross-posted to: [email protected]news
minus-square@aidanOPlinkEnglish38•20 hours 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•14 hours agoI don’t have enough middle fingers. Can we just not do this crap?
minus-square@rottingleaflinkEnglish2•1 hour agoUse a few bazooka fingers, maybe they’ll stop for the time being
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