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07-04-2017, 03:34 PM
Here's why breaking WhatsApp and iMessage encryption is such a dangerous idea
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For most people, breaking WhatsApp's and iMessage's security to let the government stop terrorists sounds like a reasonable idea.*
SEE ALSO: How the government can force WhatsApp to break its encryption (http://mashable.com/2017/05/05/whatsapp-encryption-uk-government-s**opers-charter/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
In the past we had wiretaps, after all, so what's wrong in updating them to the modern digital era? That's the reasoning behind some of the surveillance measures included in the "S**opers' Charter" — a.k.a. the Investigatory Powers Act (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/contents/enacted).*
Among other things, it forces tech companies to hand over your web history with a retention **tice and remove encryption (http://mashable.com/2017/05/05/whatsapp-encryption-uk-government-s**opers-charter/), upon request.*
However, in this video British YouTuber Tom Scott passionately explains why forcing services like WhatsApp (http://mashable.com/2017/02/19/s**opers-charter/) to break their end-to-end encryption is actually a very dangerous idea. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/04/whatsapp-imessage-encryption-end-to-end/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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For most people, breaking WhatsApp's and iMessage's security to let the government stop terrorists sounds like a reasonable idea.*
SEE ALSO: How the government can force WhatsApp to break its encryption (http://mashable.com/2017/05/05/whatsapp-encryption-uk-government-s**opers-charter/?utm_cid=a-seealso&utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
In the past we had wiretaps, after all, so what's wrong in updating them to the modern digital era? That's the reasoning behind some of the surveillance measures included in the "S**opers' Charter" — a.k.a. the Investigatory Powers Act (http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2016/25/contents/enacted).*
Among other things, it forces tech companies to hand over your web history with a retention **tice and remove encryption (http://mashable.com/2017/05/05/whatsapp-encryption-uk-government-s**opers-charter/), upon request.*
However, in this video British YouTuber Tom Scott passionately explains why forcing services like WhatsApp (http://mashable.com/2017/02/19/s**opers-charter/) to break their end-to-end encryption is actually a very dangerous idea. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/07/04/whatsapp-imessage-encryption-end-to-end/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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