aidan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agoThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comexternal-linkmessage-square7fedilinkarrow-up164arrow-down13cross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up161arrow-down1external-linkThe UK will neither confirm nor deny that it’s killing encryptionwww.theverge.comaidan@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 2 days agomessage-square7fedilinkcross-posted to: technology@lemmy.worldprivacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squareblakenong@lemmings.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·2 days agoChina cannot control software they don’t control. But a person would not be able to rely on a third party service. That’s the same everywhere, it just China. Telegram, Signal, etc, they are all able to be compromised. You have to roll your own.
minus-squareEvotech@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 days agoThey can just make it illegal to use, and with various blocksmake it difficult so 99.9% won’t or don’t know how to use it
Can’t they? China does it
China cannot control software they don’t control. But a person would not be able to rely on a third party service. That’s the same everywhere, it just China. Telegram, Signal, etc, they are all able to be compromised. You have to roll your own.
They can just make it illegal to use, and with various blocksmake it difficult so 99.9% won’t or don’t know how to use it