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“This is an old, old argument – as old as encryption itself.”

Iain Thomsontheregister.com ↗

GCHQ and NCSC want scanners on your phone checking messages before they get encrypted. They call it child safety. Apple tried the same idea last year and backed down after experts showed how it could be abused. A scanner built for one kind of content scans for any kind the next government asks for.