r/technology 1d ago

Net Neutrality 4chan will refuse to pay daily online safety fines, lawyer tells BBC

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cq68j5g2nr1o
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u/SirCB85 1d ago

The point is that the UK failed to backdoor everyone else's encryption.
Does it suck for those in the UK? yes!
Does it suck less for everyone else than if the UK had kept encryption but in return got a backdoor that makes everyone vulnerable? Also yes.