> Developers of apps that use end-to-end encryption to protect private communications could be considered hostile actors in the UK.

So say if my UK friend connected directly to my PC with SSH/RDP, both uses end-to-end encrypted link, to chat with me using `wall`, `write` or Windows Task Manager, then all of sudden this is a hostile and Mr Big Ben will just launch laser at me to burn me to death. Wow, this is just messed up.

Someone should check the cognitive of those lawmakers, because these guys are clearly not good at their jobs. If such they failed to understand such simple concept, how can they understand much much more complex construct such as society?

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joe463369 4 days ago | parent | next [-]

Please read the report linked in the article. This in not a policy announcement. This a report from a government-appointed official illustrating that there is a theoretical possibility that the current legalisation may be interpreted in a way they didn't intend.

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sneak 4 days ago | parent | prev [-]

> So say if my UK friend connected directly to my PC with SSH/RDP, both uses end-to-end encrypted link, to chat with me using `wall`, `write` or Windows Task Manager, then all of sudden this is a hostile and Mr Big Ben will just launch laser at me to burn me to death. Wow, this is just messed up.

No, because nobody is using those systems to communicate at scale to try to destabilize a government.

Quantity has a quality all its own.

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JoshTriplett 4 days ago | parent [-]

> destabilize a government

Governments often equate any opposition to "destabilizing"; don't let them. Yes, there are real information-warfare efforts in the world to destabilize governments and societies. There are also far more people who are trying to organize, and rally, and communicate about issues they care about.

	▲	immibis 4 days ago \| parent [-]
		At the same time, intentional government destabilization - usually by governments of rival countries - is real and shouldn't be ignored. Two conflicting problems can be true at once, and require careful balancing.