83% of UK citizens believe personal conversations on messaging apps such as Element, WhatsApp or Signal should have the highest level of security and privacy possible.

Today marks the first day of the Report Stage of the Online Safety Bill. As this Bill progresses through the Houses of Parliament, we hope to (once again) raise the alarm around the risks to encryption posed by this Bill.

  • Spudger@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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    1 year ago

    Or just download the full fat version from an overseas server run by the company making the product. Expecting the general populace to compile stuff is a little bit optimistic. We’re talking about a country where most people don’t know what a socket outlet is called or the difference between desktop wallpaper and a screensaver.

    • PenguinTD@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      You don’t need everyone to know how to compile, just enough to do it and can share the compiled one. Like some auto build daily release you can download from github. As long as it does not belong to a company.

      • Spudger@lemmy.sdf.orgOP
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        1 year ago

        As someone who has spent years extolling the virtues of Matrix/Element to family members I can assure you that there is no known rebuttal to the phrase “but I don’t care about privacy”. All it needs is to visit a site and sign up. No software required whatsoever. Good luck with GitHub and your ageing aunt or gobby nephew.