cross-posted from: https://monyet.cc/post/153506

The U.K. Parliament is close to passing the Online Safety Bill, which threatens global privacy by allowing backdoors into messaging services, compromising end-to-end encryption. Despite objections, no amendments were accepted. The bill also includes content filtering and surveillance measures. There’s still a chance for lawmakers to protect privacy with an amendment preserving encryption. A recent survey shows the majority of U.K. citizens want strong privacy on messaging apps.

  • ShittyBeatlesFCPres@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    I don’t know if post-Brexit Britain has the juice for this. If nothing else, Signal is going to exit. Losing the entire EU is a major hit to a company but losing the UK? I could see companies just offering a degraded experience for UK users. (Green bubble style, basically.)

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      1 year ago

      Funny you mention green bubbles, Apple has said they would pull iMessage and FaceTime from the UK rather than add a backdoor. Signal and WhatsApp have also said they would leave the market rather than comply and Google has opposed the bill but I haven’t personally seen any reporting on if they said they’d pull services from the UK.