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da073fa5... 2y ago

The UK government continues to want more interception capability on messaging: https://www.bbc.com/news/technology-66304002

It makes me wonder who is managing to lobby the government so successfully that this is a good idea.

I don't understand the international politics involved, but at the Five Eyes level it's not clear to me why being an outlier would be good.

Maybe it's less spook-y orgs pushing, but then I wonder why the case isn't being made more publicly.

It just makes the UK look weirdly authoritarian.

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Strypey 2y ago

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> The UK government continues to want more interception capability on messaging

As nostr:npub14v209s7r6n6p6vqs3nn6hqkzm9wmyzhdtcy4z77v9d8un8n6yw4snu4xfk said, it's not alone. The NZ and Oz govts (also 5 Eyes) are also proposing backdoors on all encryption for law enforcement. We've got an important job to do, convincing all govts that this is both a monumentally stupid idea and a boon to Bad Actors online (more ransom attacks, yay!), but also profoundly anti-democratic and a violation of universal human rights.