Almost like it was a non-starter. Who could have possibly foreseen that?
Lol, they think we can’t see throught their “we need to destroy [insert any privacy right] to save the children” bullshit. Never mind the fact it was never about saving kids in the first place.
They know we can. They also know that they only need to get lucky once, while everyone else has to get lucky every time.
Where have I heard that one before?
We can see through it but most people either can’t or just don’t care. Its barely talked about, I only ever see articles about this posted on here/Reddit, I never see or hear any discussion about it anywhere else, and there never seem to be any articles on the front page of BBC etc
Lol, zombie government
the government will reportedly confirm that communications regulator Ofcom will only require companies to introduce back-door access when a technology is developed that is capable of scanning networks in such a manner.
So never then?
Edit: This is a surprise as I was reading articles earlier today claiming that this was almost guaranteed to pass. It’s another can kick like the age verification law.
any article claiming that was written by a moron, they’ve been trying and failing to do this for a decade. It’s not the first attempt, it’s not gonna be the last. It’ll always fail
I was amazed they still tried to get it through until now. This Sunak government has been criticised (rightly so) for getting nothing done.
Why make a big song and dance about something that experts and companies were saying was impossible, just to have to cancel it.
It highlights once again how truly useless and incompetent the tory party is at the minute.
I think they just want the headlines for being seen doing something, they don’t actually want to implement anything
Sunak is absolutely obsessed with doing exactly that. You can tell he just craves the prestige of being Prime Minister but isn’t actually interested in doing the job, it’s embarrassing really.
Same thing with the REUL bill
The language is still a warning sign and it looks like it’s going to pass. Don’t get me wrong, this is a victory but only a temporary one until they find a tech that works for them. Don’t let down your guard and keep pressing the fight!
The sole purpose of a representative is to be re-elected. They will say and do whatever will keep their followers beleiving and voting, or, what will get them personal wealtb & power.
Thank goodness. I wonder how many such proposals there will be before one actually gets passed
Meaning a mandated backdoor making encryption not really encrypted? Following the Australian LibNat Coalition’s footsteps I see.
Every gdamn time, they go to the mat the say ok not this time. One day, they’ll say f’it were going to do it anyway and we’ll have to protest…
It feels like one of their goal is to prevent protesting at all. They’ve already passed laws making protesting more difficult, good luck trying to organise one at all a few years after this finally does pass and they’re scanning everyones messages
1917 is unlikely to repeat
