schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前The EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agendawww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square87fedilinkarrow-up1497arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
arrow-up1491arrow-down1external-linkThe EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agendawww.techradar.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 年前message-square87fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: [email protected]
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 年前I wonder how in the world Ofcom could enforce that?
minus-squareambitiousslab@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 年前I think (and hope!) it would likely only get applied to the biggest services, and would be enforced by removal from the app stores. Then, the logical next step for the government when this doesn’t work would be to allow this requirement at the OS level.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·edit-21 年前That would only really work on mobile, though - and that’s assuming the OS isn’t custom.
I wonder how in the world Ofcom could enforce that?
I think (and hope!) it would likely only get applied to the biggest services, and would be enforced by removal from the app stores.
Then, the logical next step for the government when this doesn’t work would be to allow this requirement at the OS level.
That would only really work on mobile, though - and that’s assuming the OS isn’t custom.