The U.K. Parliament is pushing ahead with a sprawling internet regulation bill that will, among other things, undermine the privacy of people around the world. The Online Safety Bill, now at the final stage before passage in the House of Lords, gives the British government the ability to force backdoors into messaging services, which will destroy end-to-end encryption. No amendments have been accepted that would mitigate the bill’s most dangerous elements. If it passes, the Online Safety Bill will be a huge step backwards for global privacy, and democracy itself.
Yes this is bad. But how does this effect everyone else outside of the fact that other governments think it’s a good idea because the British are doing it. Is it because it will effect anyone talking to British people? If Signal or another app is dedicated to privacy then just don’t officially make your app available there. I really hope this doesn’t go through but if it does what other option do apps have?