Customers' photos and documents stored online will no longer be protected by end-to-end encryption.
  • SleafordMod@feddit.ukEnglish
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    2 months ago

    Controversial opinion: maybe it’s a good thing to allow law enforcement to access communications when necessary (e.g. with a court warrant)

    Do we want serious criminals like terrorists and paedophiles to be able to plan their crimes with impunity?

      • SleafordMod@feddit.ukEnglish
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        2 months ago

        I don’t want end-to-end encryption entirely outlawed. But for the biggest platforms from massive corporations, maybe those corporations could keep their encryption keys stored with high security somewhere, so they can decrypt particular messages if a court warrant is issued.

        People who are uneasy about that could go to a more privacy-focused platform like Signal. Some criminals would do that too, but at least something would be done to catch criminals on the popular platforms.

          • SleafordMod@feddit.ukEnglish
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            2 months ago

            Fair points. Also I guess practically big companies like Apple would never allow a situation where their encryption is compromised while encryption on smaller platforms like Signal isn’t. Apple etc would spend billions lobbying so such a situation never happens.