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'Mass surveillance' fears over law change plans (www.bbc.co.uk)

submitted 7 months ago by hellfire103@lemmy.ca to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 14 points 7 months ago (1 children)

The proposed amendments would require messaging platforms to inform the Home Office about security updates before they are released

Come on parliament, you know this is a stupid idea that will never fly. How is anybody taking this shit seriously?

[–] sadreality@kbin.social 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

You must notify us before you patch our zero day exploits on which we spent a lot of money and influence to get in.