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Apple says UK Online Safety Bill is “serious threat” to end-to-end encryption (arstechnica.com)
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Apple has joined the growing number of organizations opposed to the UK's pending Online Safety Bill, saying the proposed law threatens the end-to-end encryption that protects private messages.

"End-to-end encryption is a critical capability that protects the privacy of journalists, human rights activists, and diplomats," Apple said in a statement reported by the BBC yesterday. "It also helps everyday citizens defend themselves from surveillance, identity theft, fraud, and data breaches. The Online Safety Bill poses a serious threat to this protection, and could put UK citizens at greater risk. Apple urges the government to amend the bill to protect strong end-to-end encryption for the benefit of all."

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[–] Jaysyn@kbin.social 26 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The UK doing away with strong encryption would likely finish the job that the moron Brexiteers started.

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.de 27 points 1 year ago (3 children)

My dude, the UK is just a small step ahead of the EU. The EU is in the process of passing similar laws, criminalizing e2e encryption. The member states recently decided that journalists and media do not have a right to encryption and can be tracked with backdoors by police without warrants.

The morons aren't morons, they're very deliberate fascists. And they're evey-fucking-where...

[–] JackGreenEarth@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago (2 children)

@ISOmorph For a government that's been all for user privacy and freedom, making Apple use USBC, allow alternate app stores, and the like, it seems out of character for the EU to ban end to end encryption

@Jaysyn

[–] exohuman@kbin.social 5 points 1 year ago

But they will still do it. It almost happened in the privacy loving free states of America too. He’s right. They are everywhere.