I just had to go to Facebook and was told that my messages there are now #end-to-end #encrypted. The best thing would be for meta to send me my #key via #matrix / #Synapse. You can do it too! If you want! https://matrix.to/#/@reverend:undeadchemnitz.de

#UK's #Online Safety Bill finally passed by #parliament

Source: https://www.reuters.com/world/uk/uks-online-safety-bill-passed-by-parliament-2023-09-19/

#Messaging platforms led by #Meta's (META.O) #WhatsApp have opposed a provision in the law that they say could force them to break #end-to-end #encryption.

We can't trust anymore #software from #UK.

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#e2e #security #privacy #politics #news #surveillance #bigbrother #orwell #1984

UK's Online Safety Bill finally passed by parliament

Britain's long-awaited Online Safety Bill setting tougher standards for social media platforms such as Facebook, YouTube and TikTok has been agreed by parliament and will soon become law, the government said on Tuesday.

The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide

The #U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the #privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British #government the ability to force #backdoors into #messaging services, which will destroy #end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted that would mitigate the bill’s most dangerous elements.

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/07/uk-government-very-close-eroding-encryption-worldwide

The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide 

The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords,...