aidan@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 7 days agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up12arrow-down10cross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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minus-squareGloria@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days 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-squareaidan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·7 days 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/
And for that feat, UK will not rejoin the EU for another decade. This is a very undemocratic move the UK is doing here.
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/