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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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[–] Paws@lemmy.world 70 points 3 years ago (4 children)

Signal and WhatsApp have also said they'd likely leave the UK market if this bill is passed as it currently is.

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[–] RaoulDook@lemmy.world 28 points 3 years ago (3 children)

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

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[–] RobotToaster@infosec.pub 17 points 3 years ago (1 child)

Hadrian's firewall

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[–] TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 7 points 3 years ago

St. Elmo's firewall

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[–] Methylman@lemmy.world 6 points 3 years 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

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