Turns out Brits would quite like their private messages to stay private
Polling shows two-thirds of Brits distrust any government, current or future, with access to their encrypted chats.
Polling reported by The Register finds two-thirds of Britons do not trust the current government, or any future one, with access to their encrypted chats. The result adds public-sentiment context to UK debates over lawful access to end-to-end encrypted messaging. No incident, vulnerability, or legislation is described in the excerpt.
- Two-thirds of Brits distrust government access to encrypted chats
- Distrust extends to any future government
- Polling feeds UK lawful-access and encryption policy debate
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Polling finds two-thirds don't trust this government, or any future one, with access to their encrypted chats
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