aidan@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square17fedilinkarrow-up125cross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up125external-linkThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comaidan@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square17fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareaidan@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·8 days agoThe EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026. https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-industry-and-governments-to-take-action-against-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/07/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption-would-invade-phones/ https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/ https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
minus-squaresugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·8 days agoI don’t have enough middle fingers. Can we just not do this crap?
The EU is trying to do this at an EU level (and has been for years). As well as an individual country level, Sweden seems likely to pass a similar law in 2026.
https://www.europol.europa.eu/media-press/newsroom/news/european-police-chiefs-call-for-industry-and-governments-to-take-action-against-end-to-end-encryption-roll-out
https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2024/05/07/european-threat-to-end-to-end-encryption-would-invade-phones/
https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/26/signal_will_withdraw_from_sweden/
https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
I don’t have enough middle fingers. Can we just not do this crap?