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Creating apps like Signal or WhatsApp could be 'hostile activity,' claims UK watchdog (www.techradar.com)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/unitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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cross-posted from: https://reddthat.com/post/56385056

Developers of apps that use end-to-end encryption to protect private communications could be considered hostile actors in the UK.

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[–] 16 points 10 months ago* (1 child)

"It is a reasonable assumption that this would be in the interests of a foreign state"

No, it isn't. Unless that state has the best interests of UK citizens at heart, I guess.

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    • [–] 10 points 10 months ago (2 children)

    Governments are so fucking stupid

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    • [–] 9 points 10 months ago (1 child)

    Am I missing something in the thought process here? Surely removing encryption just makes the entire UK uniquely vulnerable to having their messages read not just by UK intelligence but anyone. It doesn't make any sense.

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