aidan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up149arrow-down13cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up146arrow-down1external-linkThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comaidan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squareblakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·2 days agoThey can’t actually stop encryption. Even if they outlaw it, they can’t enforce it. They can’t regulate the FOSS software market.
minus-squareblakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoChina cannot control software they don’t control. But a person would not be able to rely on a third party service. That’s the same everywhere, it just China. Telegram, Signal, etc, they are all able to be compromised. You have to roll your own.
They can’t actually stop encryption. Even if they outlaw it, they can’t enforce it. They can’t regulate the FOSS software market.
Can’t they? China does it
China cannot control software they don’t control. But a person would not be able to rely on a third party service. That’s the same everywhere, it just China. Telegram, Signal, etc, they are all able to be compromised. You have to roll your own.