encryption has been a source of tension between government and the tech industry. end to end encryption is a specific form where, unlike in previous forms of encryption, there is no actual key. so, historically, you could go to a provider of a communication service, whether it s post or high end internet communications, you can serve a warrant and say we need access to this. with end to end encryption, the company can say there is no way of giving you that access. so privacy campaigners and many in the tech industry will say this is a very good thing, because it means that hackers, hostile foreign governments and so forth, cannot get at these types of communications. meta owns whatsapp, which already uses end to end encryption. it had planned to introduce similar features by default to facebook and instagram s messenger services. however, it s pushed back its encryption plans to 2023 after campaigning by child welfare groups.
meta owns whatsapp, which already uses end to end encryption. it had planned to introduce similar features by default to facebook and instagram s messenger services. however, it s pushed back its encryption plans to 2023 after campaigning by child welfare groups. we now see more grooming offences on instagram than any other platform on the market. so, we ve got a situation where the highest risk platform, instagram, is now proposing to put on a blindfold and, at a stroke, eliminate its its ability to even see what s happening on its site. to complicate matters, the government campaign has provoked the uk information commissioner s office to say:. we find ourselves in a position where two public bodies
historically you can go to a provider of communication service, whether it is post or high end internet communication and you can say, we need access to this. with end to end encryption, the company can say there is no way of giving that access, so privacy campaigners and many in the tech industry will say this is a very good thing because that means that hackers, hostile foreign governments and so forth cannot get at these types of communications. meta owns whatsapp which already uses end to end encryption and had planned to use more features by default to facebook and instagram s messenger services however it has pushed back its encryption plans until 2023 after campaigning by child welfare groups. we now see more grooming offences on instagram than any other platform on the market so we have a situation where the highest risk platform, instagram, is now proposing to put on a blindfold and at a stroke
this is a very good thing, because that means that hackers, hostile foreign governments and so forth, cannot get at these types of communications. meta owns whatsapp, which already uses end to end encryption. it had planned to introduce similar features by default to facebook and instagram s messenger services. however, it s pushed back its encryption plans until 2023 after campaigning by child welfare groups. we now see more grooming offences on instagram than any other platform on the market. so, we ve got a situation where the highest risk platform, instagram, is now proposing to put on a blindfold and, at a stroke, eliminate its ability to even see what s happening on its site. to complicate matters, the government campaign has provoked the uk information commissioner s office to say:
meta owns whatsapp, which already uses end to end encryption. it had planned to introduce similar features by default to facebook and instagram s messenger services. however, it s pushed back its encryption plans until 2023 after campaigning by child welfare groups. we now see more grooming offences on instagram than any other platform on the market. so, we ve got a situation where the highest risk platform, instagram, is now proposing to put on a blindfold and, at a stroke, eliminate its ability to even see what s happening on its site. to complicate matters, the government campaign has provoked the uk information commissioner s office to say: we find ourselves in a position where two public bodies are on opposing sides of the argument the information commissioner s office and the national crime agency. the nca points to the case of convicted sex offender david wilson. he posed as teenage girls