▲ 412 ▼ The U.K. Government Is Very Close To Eroding Encryption Worldwide (www.eff.org) submitted 3 years ago by igalmarino@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml 70 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] immibis@social.immibis.com 20 points 3 years ago (1 child) @igalmarino @privacy it won't erode encryption worldwide - any more than China did. They'll just pull out of the UK permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) In a selfish way... I'd like for the UK to do this and for it to go horribly horribly wrong for them. Maybe that would finally get the US reps to get their heads out of their butts so l don't have to keep signing petitions and writing essays about why weakening encryption is a horrible idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] immibis@social.immibis.com 4 points 3 years ago @Dark_Arc this is generally referred to as accelerationism and I think it's a cromulent ideology. If you think the only way to get to a sane world is to achieve and pass through the insane one first, then doing it as quickly as possible makes sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Dark_Arc@lemmy.world 13 points 3 years ago (1 child) In a selfish way... I'd like for the UK to do this and for it to go horribly horribly wrong for them. Maybe that would finally get the US reps to get their heads out of their butts so l don't have to keep signing petitions and writing essays about why weakening encryption is a horrible idea. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] immibis@social.immibis.com 4 points 3 years ago @Dark_Arc this is generally referred to as accelerationism and I think it's a cromulent ideology. If you think the only way to get to a sane world is to achieve and pass through the insane one first, then doing it as quickly as possible makes sense. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] immibis@social.immibis.com 4 points 3 years ago @Dark_Arc this is generally referred to as accelerationism and I think it's a cromulent ideology. If you think the only way to get to a sane world is to achieve and pass through the insane one first, then doing it as quickly as possible makes sense. permalink fedilink source parent