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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by grey-area on Sunday March 26, 2017 @07:11AM (#13960172)
She's probably being led by the intelligence services on this, and of course they have ulterior motives, their ultimate project is to collect all signals, or as many as they can manage, which apps like whatsapp are thwarting at present.

Why can't we collect all the signals all the time?

This is incredibly dangerous for our society, no-one should have that much power. That power isn't about terrorism (or even very useful against terrorism), but about subverting governments, judiciary and businesses.

Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by sklivvz1971 on Sunday March 26, 2017 @07:24AM (#13960216)
Yes, this: she might as well just be ignorant (not that it is any justification), but her supposedly competent advisors are actually frauds, fakes and spooks, that's what truly scary to me.
Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by DanBC on Sunday March 26, 2017 @09:21AM (#13960650)
An intelligence led response to terrorism is a result of learning from Northern Ireland. Internment caused harm; talking to the terrorists brought peace.

Don't forget that while they were talking to the IRA politicians were saying in public "we don't talk to terrorists".

Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by AnthonyMouse on Sunday March 26, 2017 @10:08AM (#13960846)
Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by pjc50 on Sunday March 26, 2017 @03:49PM (#13962794)
Ironically the early stages of such talks were held in a chip shop via a senior civil servant as a proxy, because it was vital to keep this "collusion" away from the awareness of security forces.

(There was a great documentary about this on TV, but I cannot remember the name of it)

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Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by grey-area on Sunday March 26, 2017 @10:27AM (#13960922)
I imagine they reserve blackmail for cases where it is deemed necessary; given the views of the PM and HS, I doubt any blackmail is necessary.
Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by andybak on Sunday March 26, 2017 @10:29AM (#13960935)
> Westminster paedophilia scandal

Links to any credible sources?

Re:UK Home Secretary says encryption on messaging services i... by collyw on Sunday March 26, 2017 @11:06AM (#13961132)