Britain is planning a new attack on end-to-end encryption, with efforts to stop Facebook from introducing the technology into its messaging apps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The move comes as Facebook intends to introduce end-to-end encryption across all its messaging platforms, including Messenger and Instagram, sparking a controversial debate in Britain and elsewhere about the risks the technology poses to children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The government recommends that the upcoming Online Safety Act should require technology companies to share data about child abuse online, effectively preventing platforms from adopting end-to-end encryption until they can demonstrate that they can ensure the safety of children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Home Secretary, Priti Patel has publicly called on Facebook to stop plans for end-to-end encryption and has also raised the issue in meetings with her counterparts in the US, Australia, Canada and New Zealand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The move has caused concern among many observers, with a Facebook spokesman saying end-to-end encryption is now the leading security technology used by many services to protect people from hackers and the theft of their private information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
But company executives have admitted that the increasing adoption of end-to-end encryption is reducing the number of reports of child abuse to industry watchdogs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
For more information see the original story at Wired.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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