• cyd@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    39
    arrow-down
    5
    ·
    edit-2
    2 days ago

    Maybe, maybe not – but I’m discounting anything the UK government says on Internet-related issues, so long as they’re trying to insert encryption backdoors into everything. For all we know, this is just an attempt to blackmail Apple and Google over the encryption thing.

    • biscuit@lemdro.id
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      13
      ·
      edit-2
      20 hours ago

      Please learn some facts about how the CMA operates before discounting it.

      The CMA is independent from the government - it does not have a minister calling the shots.

      The encryption stuff is coming from the Home Office, which is directly government controlled.

      The CMA and the Home Office aren’t working together at all - they don’t even share an office.

      This is not “the government” saying this. It’s the independent competition and markets regulator known as the CMA which, whilst publicly funded, isn’t run by the government.