• Tammo-Korsai@kbin.social
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    I fear that the UK might try to join this list not just out of authoritarianism, but out of a fear of technology they do not understand. Worse yet, the Conservative party once threw around the idea of banning encryption in its entirety and acted like WhatsApp is only used by criminals.

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      1 year ago

      Ironic, considering how many members of the cabinet are being served court orders for their WhatsApp messages.

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        It’s almost like certain members of the cabinet associate encrypted messages with misdeeds because of all the misdeeds they do through these apps. If I were a sceptical man.