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submitted 2 months ago by tastemyglaive@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

Surveillance strategies in the UK and Israel often go global

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[-] NarrativeBear@lemmy.world 51 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

If I were to send a physical letter written in code that can only be decrypted with a cipher would I now be breaking the law?

What about radio or telephone conversations in code?

Can I still password protect my zip files or encrypt my NAS or PC before boot?

[-] AnnaFrankfurter@lemmy.ml 33 points 2 months ago

Using password protection for files is definitely work of terrorists you should be imprisoned for life. \s

[-] mech@feddit.org 27 points 2 months ago

According to this legislation, using https is against the law.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 8 points 2 months ago

Not as long as UK is the root CA, I suppose.

[-] helvetpuli@sopuli.xyz 2 points 2 months ago

Normally the certificate signing authority should never see, not need to see anybody's private key, so no.

[-] ulterno@programming.dev 0 points 2 months ago

But they can, taking help from the DNS (or ISP), send you to a fake website.

[-] hector@lemmy.today 13 points 2 months ago

If so we should all start sending cryptic sounding gibberish around the world. Like from random lists send emails to foreigners with some random gibberish like product codes written in that look like encrypted messages, xg0-fs39450, or whatever, just as a form of protest.

[-] mrtuttle@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago

if im alone in my car, i'll just start talking gibberish or about that time i kicked a cyber-dolphin through the moon. just in case the man is training some ai on what my phone's microphone picks up.

[-] hector@lemmy.today 4 points 2 months ago

The speedquack cyrocrunk failed, need pryoram ciclicogram asap,

[-] lemonwood@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago

Make sure you only use transparent envelopes.

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