The war on privacy and encryption goes on. This time in the UK. Under the “Children’s
Wellbeing and Schools Bill”, lawmakers now want client-side scanning on every
phone and tablet.
The lawmakers write: “Any relevant device supplied for use in the UK must have
installed tamper-proof system software which is highly effective at preventing the
recording, transmitting (by any means, including livestreaming) and viewing of CSAM using that device.”
Once again, they use “what about the children”, this time to install state spyware that would continuously scan every action on a phone or tablet and watch everything that is shown on the screen. This will effectively ban end-to-end encrypted
communication and open source operating systems like GrapheneOS and forbid that
people have administrator rights on their own devices.
The bill also seeks “Action to prohibit the provision of VPN services to children in the
Unfted Kingdom” and wants “all regulated user-to-user services to use highly-effective
age assurance measures to prevent children under the age of 16 from becoming or being users.” In practice, this means identity checks for VPN users, making things like anonymous whistleblowing difficult.
The attack on secure and private communication is worldwide. Now is the time for resistance. Demand transparency from your politicians, and privacy for the people.
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