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Apple says it will remove services such as FaceTime and iMessage from the UK rather than weaken security if new proposals are made law and acted upon. (www.bbc.com)
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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Signal should still work there if people want to use it, and they don't block it with a Great British Firewall.

[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 3 points 1 year ago

It's not so much a matter of whether the service would work or not but whether the corporate directors would be exposed to criminal liability for continuing to provide such services without OFCOM being able to "understand" the encrypted messages: see 99(4) of the Bill

https://bills.parliament.uk/bills/3137

[–] RobotToaster@infosec.pub 2 points 1 year ago

Hadrian's firewall