First the UK Government demanded that Apple include a backdoor into their encrypted services for UK law enforcement and other official UK agencies to use (see below), now both Sweden and Denmark are wanting similar access:
More Countries are Demanding Backdoors to Encrypted Apps – Schneier on Security
If you go to the article there are further links to source articles – but the key arguments are it is for national security and child protection.
If you are a regular here I have thoughts on the balance between compromising personal privacy against the needs of law enforcement and the authorities. My basic objection is that only the law-abiding citizen’s and technically literate criminals’ privacy will be breached – the smart ones will have moved onto other secure methods of communication and data storage and eventually hackers will compromise the backdoor.
This is a complex issue you must make up your own mind.
Clive Catton MSc (Cyber Security) – by-line and other articles
Smart Thinking Solutions supports this UK Government initiative:
Let’s stop abuse together – Stop Abuse Together (campaign.gov.uk)
