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93% of Britons want right to private conversations online, if you don't mind

A survey found that 93% of Britons support the right to private online conversations, according to a report by Boing Boing. The article criticizes UK government proposals to ban encryption and notes that Apple withdrew its Advanced Data Protection service in the UK to avoid providing backdoor access to user data.

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Few governments seem more enthusiastic about undermining private communications than those in Britain, where a total ban on encryption is often touted by non-technical minds and mass surveillance is openly dreamed by cabinet ministers. Apple withdrew its advanced data protection service in the UK to sidestep demands that it provide "backdoor" access to its users' data. — Read the rest

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