UK To Ban Crypto In Devices, Email And More

Razer Rayzer at riseup.net
Wed Nov 4 15:48:40 PST 2015



On 11/03/2015 09:27 AM, grarpamp wrote:
> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/terrorism-in-the-uk/11970391/Internet-firms-to-be-banned-from-offering-out-of-reach-communications-under-new-laws.html
>
> Internet firms to be banned from offering unbreakable encryption under new laws
>
> 3:16PM GMT 02 Nov 2015
>
> Internet and social media companies will be banned from putting
> customer communications beyond their own reach under new laws to be
> unveiled on Wednesday.
> Companies such as Apple, Google and others will no longer be able to
> offer encryption so advanced that even they cannot decipher it when
> asked to, the Daily Telegraph can disclose.
> Measures in the Investigatory Powers Bill will place in law a
> requirement on tech firms and service providers to be able to provide
> unencrypted communications to the police or spy agencies if requested
> through a warrant.
>

Protonmail.ch has been under ongoing dDos attacks since the 3rd. They
are one of the email providers using proprietary 'unbreakable' (in this
case CERN & MIT developed) encryption.

https://twitter.com/ProtonMail

RR

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