WhatsApp and Signal have threatened to shut down services in Britain if the Online Safety Bill includes restrictions that undermine encryption. The government is pushing it through anyway.
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I’m at one place, I’m moving soon, and I will write to both my current and my future MP.
I remember signing a petition a couple months as go about this. Who do we appeal to from here?
Go vote?
Just kidding. We have no power, but they want us to believe we do.
I always vote, but yes it does certainly feel that way.
Wait, hang on:
https://techmonitor.ai/government-computing/online-safety-bill-uk-government-whatsapp-signal
Had a good run. Time to hoard some media and books and hit the woods.
Starting to feel like that :)
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It says it’s terabytes of data
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