The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide

The U.K. Parliament is close to passing the Online Safety Bill, which will undermine privacy and encryption worldwide. The bill gives the government the power to force backdoors into messaging services, compromising end-to-end encryption. The bill also requires content filtering and age checks for accessing erotic content. The U.K. government's claim that it can scan messages for illegal content while protecting privacy is impossible. Companies like WhatsApp and Signal have warned that the bill threatens encryption and privacy. There is …

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