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Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by jossclimb on Friday July 28, 2023 @09:32PM (#36915844)
The whole thing will fail once they realise how impossible this is to implement.
Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by djaychela on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:20AM (#36917197)
I wish that were true, but I doubt it. They'll carry on, as they have in other self-immolating ways.
Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by mdekkers on Saturday July 29, 2023 @01:55AM (#36917347)
> The whole thing will fail once they realise how impossible this is to implement.

Uhhm…. Brexit?

These clowns (and not just this specific bunch, the entire UK political class) did Brexit, do you really think a small thing like the feasibility of this law will stop them?

Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by radiator on Saturday July 29, 2023 @04:57AM (#36918302)
What do you mean "these clowns did Brexit"? All they did was to organize a referendum. Why does this make them clowns in your eyes?
Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by yungporko on Saturday July 29, 2023 @07:00AM (#36918963)
yeah all they did is organise a referendum and then work tirelessly to ram lies and propaganda down the entire country's throat to make damn sure it passes.
Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by adammarples on Saturday July 29, 2023 @10:24AM (#36920620)
Just in case you're not british, no that's not what they did. They organised a referendum, voted in parliament to follow through on the vote, then spent 5 years negotiating pretty much the most damaging version of an exit that they could, burnt bridges with the EU, signed an agreement on the border with Ireland which they then decided to renege on, trashed our trade with the EU through failure to compromise on anything, failed to prepare our ports leading to massive queues and delays and the loss of small to medium business transactions with the EU. Implemented damaging and unnecessary additional british regulations which diverge from EU regulations and standards, necessitating extra cost to uk businesses which must support both standards. Screwed over the horizon science funding, screwed over studying abroad, and many other things too. There was a version of brexit that was minimally damaging, but on every case they pursued a maximally antagonistic solution in order to pander to the ERG and be seen to be tough to their senile voter base.
Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by gherkinnn on Saturday July 29, 2023 @02:35AM (#36917533)
I bet somebody said that very sentence just after the country voted for Brexit. But no. The government handed out shovels and started digging their collective grave at an ever increasing pace.
Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by anothernewdude on Saturday July 29, 2023 @06:34AM (#36918789)
Yes. And it did fail.
Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by john_the_writer on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:02AM (#36918318)
I see GDPR as the same thing. People in Germany getting fined heaps for including google fonts in the websites.
Re:The U.K. Government Is Close to Eroding Encryption Worldwide by cccbbbaaa on Saturday July 29, 2023 @05:36AM (#36918480)
Do they really get fined for this by a DPA or a court in Germany? Is it not one of these shady lawyers sending an invoice for “providing legal advice”? I (and people I “know”) reported countless uses of Google Analytics to our DPA, back when Schrems II was still effective, and all they did was send a bunch of letters. Anyway, GDPR is getting enforced, even if DPAs are slow. Not sure what your point is here.