UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors
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UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors
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#2> It starts with child abuse material, because who’s going to defend not catching that?
After the recent X CSAM generation arguments and the potential for X to get blocked in the UK, it seems like more people than I expected will defend it.
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#3Nobody voted for this.
I'm pretty cynical about both the current and previous government, but it feels like there's been a shift since Labour came into power. Historically this overbearing surveillance has been held back. There was chatter but it was met with resistance. Now it feels like the discussion is being squashed and there are invisible forces at work.
If by some miracle the UK and EU agree on a new Youth Mobility Scheme I'm out of here.
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#4How does the government seek to differentiate itself from authoritarian regimes?
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#5How does the government seek to differentiate itself from authoritarian regimes?
They don't. Why would they?
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#6Nobody voted for this. I'm pretty cynical about both the current and previous government, but it feels like there's been a shift since Labour came into power. Historically this overbearing surveillance has been held back. There was chatter but it was met with resistance. Now it feels like the discussion is being squashed and there are invisible forces at work. If by some miracle the UK and EU agree on a new Youth Mob…
>If by some miracle the UK and EU agree on a new Youth Mobility Scheme I'm out of here.
https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asy...
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#7What are Ofcom realistically going to do when providers refuse to comply?
We've seen the X/CSAM issue this week and both the government and regulator are clearly unwilling to stand up to American big-tech.
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#8What are Ofcom realistically going to do when providers refuse to comply? We've seen the X/CSAM issue this week and both the government and regulator are clearly unwilling to stand up to American big-tech.
The next step is the National Firewall and then the VPN ban.
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#9That's only a problem for communication between UK and non-UK users. You can still offer communication services for UK users, just disable all encryption, fulfill other Ofcom requirements, and display a large red "UK UNSAFE VERSION" banner on all windows.
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#10Nobody voted for this. I'm pretty cynical about both the current and previous government, but it feels like there's been a shift since Labour came into power. Historically this overbearing surveillance has been held back. There was chatter but it was met with resistance. Now it feels like the discussion is being squashed and there are invisible forces at work. If by some miracle the UK and EU agree on a new Youth Mob…
> it feels like there's been a shift since Labour came into power. Historically this overbearing surveillance has been held back.
I had hoped Labour would roll back the anti-protest legislation, snooper's charter, internet censorship and voter ID laws.
After all, it was mostly left-wing climate protesters getting arrested, and young (more left-leaning) voters being prevented from voting.
Turns out no, quite the opposite - if anything, Labour thinks these laws didn't go far enough.
With hindsight, it was naive of me to think the former Director of Public Prosecutions would share my scepticism about expanding the powers of the system the Director of Public Prosecutions stands at the head of.