The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted that would mitigate the bill’s most dangerous elements. If it passes, the Online Safety Bill will be a huge step backwards for global privacy, and democracy itself.
It’s not clear from the article why the currently secure apps would not just remove themselves from the UK market rather than compromise global security. Or offer two versions. Still a terrible outcome for the UK though.
It’s not clear from the article why the currently secure apps would not just remove themselves from the UK market rather than compromise global security. Or offer two versions. Still a terrible outcome for the UK though.