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The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org)

submitted 1 year ago by igalmarino@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] OrkneyKomodo@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 1 year ago

I get the importance, but the global implications are being slightly overstated. It may be the thin end of the wedge in terms that it may lead other governments to follow suit. But all that will happen in the short term is that many IM clients will withdraw from the UK. Apple will probably just disable iMessage in the UK.