U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banned End-to-End Encryption

Re:U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banne... by dfawcus on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @04:39PM (#37410971)

The real question is will Signal, WhatsApp, Apples, etc stick to their principals and withdraw UK service if the Bill passes in its current form?

Or will they decide to believe that the powers will not be used, and keep their service in operation?

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Re:U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banne... by nonethewiser on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @07:33PM (#37412835)

Can you elaborate? The article is paywalled. In what sense did they “back down” if not by backing down from the legislation that would violate privacy?

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Re:U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banne... by SKarasu on Thursday September 07, 2023 @04:05AM (#37416024)

https://archive.ph/HDnUa

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Re:U.K. Abandons, for Now, Legislation That Would Have Banne... by nojvek on Wednesday September 06, 2023 @08:05PM (#37413120)

Google pulled from China, but Microsoft bowed down.

It’s really upto a few execs at tech giants betting how much money is at risk.

For UK and Canada, the state isn’t competent at building a clone of social networks with wide adoption.

China can throw insane money, regulation and Human Resources until they get what they want.

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