It could put an end to end-to-end encryption in services such as WhatsApp: The U.K. government wants telecommunications providers to help it tap their customers’ communications, removing any encryption the provider applied.
The government’s desires are set out in a draft of the regulations obtained by Open Rights Group (ORG), which campaigns for digital civil rights.
“These powers could be directed at companies like WhatsApp to limit their encryption. The regulations would make the demands that [Home Secretary] Amber Rudd made to attack end-to-end encryption a reality. But if the powers are exercised, this will be done in secret,” said ORG executive director Jim Killock.
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