Encryption is a fundamental element of our security and privacy online. Without it you could not shop online using your credit card or have a private conversation. Encryption is is encoding of your information using computational methods – the more complicated the computations the more secure the encryption is. But …
Now this is a good idea…
The government’s Online Safety Bill has good points – online safety for everyone especially the vulnerable – and bad points – reducing the privacy of law abiding citizens is no way to combat serious crime – make sure you know how it could impact you. Forgetting the party political message …
Google adds end-to-end encryption
The UK Government does not like the ordinary citizen to have uncontrolled access to end-to-end encryption (E2EE) but others like it – like Google: Google introduces end-to-end encryption for Gmail on the web (bleepingcomputer.com) See what I have to say about closing public toilets as an amendment to the UK …
Law enforcement successes against cyber-crime – even though the criminals used end-to-end encryption
The UK Online Safety Bill wants end to end encryption for everyone removed so law enforcement can solve cyber-crime easier – but good policing does not need it
It looks like the Online Safety Bill is in chaos
I have my issues with the UK Online Safety bill, but overall I think it has some promise to protect the vulnerable – but this report in The Guardian is showing that the bill my be heading for chaos: UK government criticised for failing to protect children from online harm …
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