The UK governments plans to weaken encryption can easily be exploited by hackers and officials, experts have warned.
The proposals are part of the controversial Online Safety Bill, which is currently working its way through parliament.
Their prime concern involves the threat to end-to-end encrypted (E2EE) messengerapps.
Under the mooted measures, telecoms regulators could force platforms to scan through private messages for illegal content.
This amendment may compel apps to use government-approved tools to monitor users.
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This will undermine user privacy.
Having all phone calls listened to and processed or having mail opened and checked before distribution?
The proposals have also raised the eyebrows of legal experts.
We need a pre-agree side door.
Cheng argues this can be achieved throughthreshold cryptography, which effectively chops the data into multiple frameworks.
Such agreements, however, may prove elusive.
Story byThomas Macaulay
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He leads our coverage of European tech and oversees our talented team of writers.
Away from work, he enjoys playing chess (badly) and the guitar (even worse).
