The UK Is Poised to Force a Bad Law on the Internet
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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.

I believe the “Online Safety Bill” should be renamed the “Online Exposure Bill,” and here’s why:

  1. Age verification likely involves estimating age based on biometric data – essentially, using an algorithm to scan a photo or video of the user." making our identity transparent in the digital world.

  2. “Client-side scanning, where a phone or other device would scan the content of a message before it’s encrypted and flag or block violating material.” This effectively renders E2EE (End-to-End Encryption) useless!

  • Campa@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 year ago

    Try this: https://www.alchemy.com/dapps/wiremin

    It allows users to remain anonymous by only asking me to create a username and set a password. And all of the messesages or feed are E2EE.

    This network can’t be stop by anyone, as it operates on a P2P decentralized network. As long as there are active users, it can continue to function and is self-sustaining.