On the face of it, this is welcome news:
@Google are introducing e2e encryptions for Android RCS messaging
blog.google/products/messa…
@Google are introducing e2e encryptions for Android RCS messaging
blog.google/products/messa…
This is announced, coincidentally I am sure, during a debate on #onlineharms in the Commons.
In the UK, there is pressure for the Government to ban or “licence” e2e encryption of personal messages as @WebDevLaw wrote on our blog last week
openrightsgroup.org/blog/org-signs…
In the UK, there is pressure for the Government to ban or “licence” e2e encryption of personal messages as @WebDevLaw wrote on our blog last week
openrightsgroup.org/blog/org-signs…
Many companies are moving towards encrypting chat services. Government and MPs need to ask themselves why that is.
So, why is the market moving towards very secure messaging apps?
So, why is the market moving towards very secure messaging apps?
It is pretty simple:
• Messaging apps are used for very private, sensitive and personal comms
• People don’t want them lost or stolen
• They don’t trust apps that are inherently insecure
Users want and need privacy. So they gravitate to apps that give them that.
• Messaging apps are used for very private, sensitive and personal comms
• People don’t want them lost or stolen
• They don’t trust apps that are inherently insecure
Users want and need privacy. So they gravitate to apps that give them that.
It would be terrible if the Government legislates *against* general privacy and security, when the market answers these concerns for once, because of particular, important but focused concerns about illegal activity.
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