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Re:UK government backs Apple, and wants to scan encrypted me... by blitzar on Thursday September 09, 2021 @10:51AM (#28470332)
This is progress from the UK governments previous position that all encryption needed to have a backdoor set of keys so they could check in every now and then.
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Re:UK government backs Apple, and wants to scan encrypted me... by rfd4sgmk8u on Thursday September 09, 2021 @12:27PM (#28471474)
I don't think they changed their position -- this is still the objective. Now that the forever wars are ending, its easier to push the child protection argument to achieve your panopticon goals.
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