All of these providers need to cease operating in the UK - it makes no sense to compromise security for the rest of the world just because one country wants to make it easier to spy on citizens.
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UK really seems to want to close themselves off from the world. Sounds like an immense amount of work for something that can never be truly effective, the ones who want to keep their communication secure will always find a way.
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All it's going to take is one scandal for these bullshit bills to cause overwhelming outrage that'll lead to lost elections. These old fucks are so out of touch with modern tech. It's a joke that they're in charge of regulating things like encryption. I can't wait until a generation of people that grew up with the internet ages into these legislative positions.
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Honestly I hope WhatsApp (yeah I know Meta are date harvester extraordinares) pull out the second this passes.
WhatsApp is by far the largest messaging service used in the UK. Every company I've worked for in the last five years makes extensive use of group WhatsApps. Same with all my friends and family too.
The public outcry at that loss would potentially be enough to sway politicians away from such BS. Anything short of WhatsApp going and the British public won't be technologically literate enough to give a fuck.
Sad.
People will self host.
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So this is why google is actually seeing some support in their new proposal.
Who needs encryption when you have your Governement Issued and Officially Licensed and DRM locked browser that forces you to watch ads between every click or you can't use the online-only services.
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