The UK government has admitted that the technology needed to securely scan encrypted messages sent on Signal and WhatsApp doesn’t exist, weakening its controversial Online Safety Bill.

Although the UK government has said that it now won’t force unproven technology on tech companies, […] the controversial clauses remain within the legislation, which is still likely to pass into law.

the continued existence of the powers within the law means encryption-breaking surveillance could still be introduced in the future.

So all ‘until it’s technically feasible’ means is opening the door to scanning in future rather than scanning today. It’s not a change

The implications of the British government backing down, even partially, will reverberate far beyond the UK

“It’s huge in terms of arresting the type of permissive international precedent that this would set […]. The UK was the first jurisdiction to be pushing this kind of mass surveillance. It stops that momentum. And that’s huge for the world.”

  • VolunTerryEnglish
    3·
    1 year ago

    Yep, such a shame they don’t accept XMR. I was not aware of the Trocador affiliate link, so thanks for sharing.

    • SakiOPMEnglish
      2·
      1 year ago

      Maybe we better act rather than complaining here.

      How many of us would make xmr donations to EFF, were that possible? We can email them asking, “Could you accept Monero? At least N of us in Monero.town (Lemmy) can make donations, but only if you accept Monero.” “Also, could you tell us why you accept Zcach but not Monero? Monero is now at least the 2nd most popular crypto actually used; many open-source devs accept xmr, or xmr & btc. Why not you? What is your stance against Monero?”

      The bigger N, the more convincing, the more motivating them.