[HN Gopher] UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors
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       UK Orders Ofcom to Explore Encryption Backdoors
        
       Author : worldofmatthew
       Score  : 27 points
       Date   : 2026-01-10 21:36 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | Xiol wrote:
       | > It starts with child abuse material, because who's going to
       | defend not catching that?
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       | After the recent X CSAM generation arguments and the potential
       | for X to get blocked in the UK, it seems like more people than I
       | expected will defend it.
        
       | cedws wrote:
       | Nobody voted for this.
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       | I'm pretty cynical about both the current and previous
       | government, but it feels like there's been a shift since Labour
       | came into power. Historically this overbearing surveillance has
       | been held back. There was chatter but it was met with resistance.
       | Now it feels like the discussion is being squashed and there are
       | invisible forces at work.
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       | If by some miracle the UK and EU agree on a new Youth Mobility
       | Scheme I'm out of here.
        
         | ThePowerOfFuet wrote:
         | >If by some miracle the UK and EU agree on a new Youth Mobility
         | Scheme I'm out of here.
         | 
         | https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/policies/migration-and-asy...
        
       | hardlianotion wrote:
       | How does the government seek to differentiate itself from
       | authoritarian regimes?
        
         | betaby wrote:
         | They don't. Why would they?
        
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