I know we talk a lot lately about the UK's assault on e2e encryption, and it may seem a bit over the top, but it's important to understand what's on the table, and what policymakers are being told. Here a thread about e2e in the #onlineharms context.
It centres on a report released last month by the Centre for Social Justice, and endorsed by the former Home Secretary, Sajid Javid. Folks in power read these reports and follow their recommendations. Have a look at page 52. centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/wp-content/upl…
It calls for, as we've warned was likely, the use of e2e encryption to qualify as a violation of the "duty of care" in the Online Safety Bill. They note: "It will be insufficient for a platform to argue that introducing such a high-risk design feature will have benefits in other
spaces like user privacy and preventing online financial crime."
Page 57 goes on to recommend that Ofcom should apply sanctions for this breach - e.g. the use of e2e encryption - *retroactively*. Those sanctions should include "criminal sanctions and bans" for directors of
Page 57 goes on to recommend that Ofcom should apply sanctions for this breach - e.g. the use of e2e encryption - *retroactively*. Those sanctions should include "criminal sanctions and bans" for directors of
companies which use e2e.
So that's what's policymakers are considering: the possibility that you, reading this tweet, could face criminal charges in the future because you use e2e on your site or service now, for financial transactions or basic user privacy. All this, of course,
So that's what's policymakers are considering: the possibility that you, reading this tweet, could face criminal charges in the future because you use e2e on your site or service now, for financial transactions or basic user privacy. All this, of course,
at the same time DCMS is enthusiastically cheerleading the post-Brexit UK as the best place in the world to start and grow a tech business; a place where, from day one of that business, you'll be assumed to be complicit in child abuse and constantly threatened with arrest.
That's your morning bulletin from the sunlit uplands. Join and support a digital rights group today. A lot more than your business may depend on it. openrightsgroup.org/blog/endgame-f…
P.S.: The fact that government is actively considering retroactive criminal charges for devs for deploying basic security protocols is a direct consequence of "unregulated wild west internet" rhetoric, which encourages politicians to adopt personal fantasies of being the sheriff.
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