Despite heavy pressure from the Interior Ministry, lawmakers voted Thursday night to strike down a provision that would have forced messaging platforms like Signal and WhatsApp to allow hidden access to private conversations.
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Under this scheme, law enforcement could silently join encrypted chats, undermining the very idea of private communication.
@Lemmist@lemm.ee I have no idea, as I don't live there, but UK has a history of one of the first countries to adopt mass surveillance, so you can guess...
What I know is that the government demanded encrypted Apple data and to provide backdoor access:
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/02/uks-demands-apple-break-encryption-emergency-us-all