Ban on iMessage, WhatsApp coming? (1 Viewer)

[Sinn Fein]

David Cameron could block WhatsApp and Snapchat if he wins the next election, as part of his plans for new surveillance powers announced in the wake of the shootings in Paris.

He said: “In our country, do we want to allow a means of communication between people which […] we cannot read?” He made the connection between encrypted communications tools and letters and phone conversations, both of which can be read by security services in extreme situations and with a warrant from the home secretary.

But companies such as WhatsApp have remained committed to keeping their services encrypted and unable to be read by authorities, a project which has stepped up in the wake of the Edward Snowden’s revelations on NSA surveillance.

So basically, the British government, does not want any communications that cannot be intercepted and read by the government.

Its not a stretch to think a similar law would come up for review in the US - under the guise of national security.

Good rule - or infringement, gone too far?

 

[VA703]

no problem here

if you have nothing to hide then who cares

 

[gianmarco]

First they came for our Google apps and we said nothing.....

 

[culdeus]

Imessage made burner phones obsolete. So that's better for the earth, and all that.

Thanks Steve Jobs.

 

[Sinn Fein]

no problem here

if you have nothing to hide then who cares

Everyone has something to hide...

 

[the moops]

no problem here

if you have nothing to hide then who cares

 

[GoFishTN]

no problem here

if you have nothing to hide then who cares

Obvious fisherman is obvious.