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Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?

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Re: Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?

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Curious what this means for other end-to-end encrypted services such as iMessage.

I'm equally curious what this means for Signal and any other open-source encrypted services. In the US, ITAR could hypothetically be used to make open-sourcing of cryptographic algorithms illegal. This technique is used for robotics software that could be dual-purposed for weapons guidance.

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Re: Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?

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> Social media platforms based in the U.S. including Facebook and WhatsApp will be forced to share users’ encrypted messages with British police under a new treaty between the two countries, according to a person familiar with the matter.

This sounds as if the platforms are already sharing with the US authorities. So this being about them sharing it now with UK authorities.

Re: Facebook, WhatsApp Will Have to Share Messages With U.K.?

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Is there any more detailed info out there? I would expect such an accord between countries to enable data sharing, not force companies to record more data. So I'm sceptical of the article's claim for now.

All I've found is this paywalled article. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/police-can-access-su...
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