The UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryption
https://www.theverge.com/policy/621848/uk-killing-encryption-e2e-apple-adp-privacyOpen linkView original on lemmy.worldhttps://www.theverge.com/policy/621848/uk-killing-encryption-e2e-apple-adp-privacyOpen linkView original on lemmy.world
This would be the dumbest thing since brexit so it's entirely possible that it's true.
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/
They can’t actually stop encryption. Even if they outlaw it, they can’t enforce it. They can’t regulate the FOSS software market.
Can't they? China does it
China cannot control software they don’t control. But a person would not be able to rely on a third party service. That’s the same everywhere, it just China. Telegram, Signal, etc, they are all able to be compromised. You have to roll your own.
They can just make it illegal to use, and with various blocksmake it difficult so 99.9% won't or don't know how to use it
Next up: Encryption is now illegal and tech literates are criminals in the UK