The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the...

Today The UK Parliament Undermined The Privacy, Security, And Freedom Of All Internet Users::The U.K. Parliament has passed the Online Safety Bill (OSB), which says it will make the U.K. “the safest place” in the world to be online. In reality, the OSB will lead to a much more censored, locked-down internet for British users. The bill could empower the government to undermine not just the…

  • just another dev@lemmy.my-box.devEnglish
    39·
    1 year ago

    A clause of the bill allows Ofcom, the British telecom regulator, to serve a notice requiring tech companies to scan their users–all of them–for child abuse content.This would affect even messages and files that are end-to-end encrypted to protect user privacy. As enacted, the OSB allows the government to force companies to build technology that can scan regardless of encryption–in other words, build a backdoor.

      • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
        361·
        1 year ago

        The reaction is more likely ‘It’s still impossible. Just like we told you all the other times. Idiots.’

          • Dr. Bluefall@toast.oooEnglish
            17·
            1 year ago

            …this would make E2EE effectively meaningless, because no amount of encryption will protect against getting scanned at the entrance and exit.

            • darth_helmet@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
              11·
              1 year ago

              And then some incompetent contractor will put the backdoor key onto their GitHub and completely destroy everyone’s privacy

            • phxEnglish
              3·
              1 year ago

              AND it would probably break laws in other countries that actually value privacy or security. It’s not like they’d be making a UK-only client for every fucking app or device that uses encrypted communications