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Surveillance strategies in the UK and Israel often go global
Makes me want more E2E encryption.
Bar to become enemy of British crown is getting lower and lower...
No clue where that is from and if it's already in effect, but what's marked here only talks about developers, not users. Still, what a world to live in
sneak up into a dark street corner at night
"Ay you got that ed25519?"
https has got to go
Protectind yourself from beind spied on and then potentially blackmailed is a hostile behavior!
...to the blackmailer, yes.
Even the US used to ban the export of strong encryption algorithms. You used to have to download the stronger encryption algorithms separately. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Java_Cryptography_Extension
If they’re not doing anything wrong, they don’t need to read private communications.
What I see here is that the UK is a hostile entity towards humanity. So, fuck the UK government and all their parties. Since we're here, fuck the French government as well, just in case.
Look mate yaint paid ya proivocy loicence fer ages.
I am trans and a U.S citizen, the UK govt cannot comprehend how hostile I can towards it.
Hell yeah
There's a common saying in Germany that applies.
Basically translates to: "Those Brits are crazy", but the literal translation would be: "The Brits are spinning" (yarn).
Obelix knows best.
Does the UK create any end-to-end encryption app?
For their own use they have one that would have been a simple off the shelf option for others.
I need full encryption to prevent ads but the originating country doesn't really matter i'm fine with UK if they have something to offer.
So google, amazon and Microsoft are hostile actors.every cloud provider is an enemy of uk government. They have gardeners (at best) or lawyers ( most probably), which did their own research.before writing these abominations. At the same time, they want to give all medical datas in the NHS to palantir. This is the apoteosis of incompetence.
All those companies willingly hand over our data when asked. At this point it's almost a feature
So google, amazon and Microsoft are hostile actors
Obviously not. They're happy to give MI5 a backdoor into all their systems.
This is the apoteosis of incompetence.
The age old question - malicious or stupid.
Guess all transfer of digital medical data between hospitals is a hostile action.
Not sure which one is dumber
The USA or UK
The UK is the USA of Europe
Yes.
Gee why does the capitalist oligopoly fear communication they can't monitor it's not like they are doing anything wrong and have anything to fear from little old us
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This is actually bonkers and goes to show that governments are loosing this battle, this just means that no matter what we cant stop.
It's not really wrong though. This kind of legislation certainly makes me hostile.
https://blog.giovanh.com/blog/2025/10/14/a-hack-is-not-enough/ this article makes a sadly excellent point in response to you here. Fair warning: it's long. But even if you dip out early I assume you'll get the point being made
Do you have a link to the law?
It's from this report https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/69411a3eadb5707d9f33d7e8/E03512978_-_Un-Act_The_National_Security_Act_in_2024_Accessible.pdf
I emailed my MP about this before Christmas and am yet to get a reply
That is irritating. Consider writing anew.
“You are a hostile actor if we say you are a hostile actor.”
If i remember correctly, a few weeks ago a government party had their signal chat leaked. Those people have since ceased using signal right?
Did they also invite a journalist to the group chat?
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thats what happens when we as society become ignorant and inept, and therefore we vote for inept and ignorant people to represent us.
They are not all inept.
They know exactly what they are doing.
It is a hostile act to create information the state isn't privy to. That is a very deliberate act.
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Our governments are hostile. Act accordingly.
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"Innocence proves nothing"
Some 40k shit.
Seems appropriate, since the game was invented by brits and the Imperium is an unholy amalgamation of the Roman and British Empires
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So every financial institution and everyone using WhatsApp
I think whatsapp it's already sharing chats with a few governments
Reminder, rules for thee, but not for me
So they're happy for us to read all their messages, right?
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