schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agoThe EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agendawww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square93fedilinkarrow-up1496arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mleurope@feddit.org
arrow-up1490arrow-down1external-linkThe EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agendawww.techradar.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 16 days agomessage-square93fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mleurope@feddit.org
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-215 days agoI wonder how in the world Ofcom could enforce that?
minus-squareambitiousslab@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·13 days agoI 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-213 days agoThat 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.