The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the...

Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users::The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the…

  • Dr. Bluefall@toast.oooEnglish
    16·
    1 year ago

    …this would make E2EE effectively meaningless, because no amount of encryption will protect against getting scanned at the entrance and exit.

    • darth_helmet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      10·
      1 year ago

      And then some incompetent contractor will put the backdoor key onto their GitHub and completely destroy everyone’s privacy

    • Steeve@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      Yeah exactly, it’s very, very stupid and not something any service that actually bothered to enable E2EE in the first place would ever seriously consider.

    • phx@lemmy.caEnglish
      3·
      1 year ago

      AND it would probably break laws in other countries that actually value privacy or security. It’s not like they’d be making a UK-only client for every fucking app or device that uses encrypted communications