Petition UK government to not ban encryption
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Petition UK government to not ban encryption
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Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
#2They should try to ban it, just so they can really see how much stuff depends on it and how vague 'Banned Encryption' is.
Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
#3I think it could be better worded as "Please stop being so bloody stupid"
Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
#4Honestly. I'd like to see them try to ban it. They'll see their entire internet economy crash and hell will break loose. People getting pissed why they can't login to gmail or facebook or paypal or do any online shopping. It's such an entirely ridiculous idea that i can't even describe it in words.
Okay to be honest I haven't really read into the material. but is their actual plan to "ban" encryption? Or do they want to license it to certain parties? Or have a weakened "export" encryption scheme like the US government tried? What's the plan?
Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
#5Not sure if that petition will be valid, because it is encrypted... ;)
Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
#6Honestly. I'd like to see them try to ban it. They'll see their entire internet economy crash and hell will break loose. People getting pissed why they can't login to gmail or facebook or paypal or do any online shopping. It's such an entirely ridiculous idea that i can't even describe it in words. Okay to be honest I haven't really read into the material. but is their actual plan to "ban" encryption? Or do they want…
I don't think anyone is dumb enough to actually prevent the electorate logging into facebook.
I expect the language to be broad and the enforcement narrow.
Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
#7Some people in Britain will always be more equal than the others.
Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
#8They're not going to ban encryption. Seriously. Stop wasting time on misquotes taken out of context blown up by The Guardian. There's more important things to worry about.
Re: Petition UK government to not ban encryption
#9I wish they would just go ahead and ban it outright today, and in my naive imagination the whole country would plunge into disaster. Airliner crashes, car crashes, market crashes, the whole lot.
Unfortunately, selective enforcement of this ban will quickly turn it into a tool of tyranny, same as any other.
(Yeah I have a site that doesn't display that stupid cookie notice, but it doesn't matter because I haven't pissed off anybody powerful yet.)