How long till encryption busting is applied to the Aus implementation of the OSA?
“Aside from #AgeVerification, the most controversial aspect of the act is power it gives to #Ofcom to require #tech firms to install “accredited technology” to ^monitor encrypted communications^ for #illegalContent.
In essence, this would mean tech companies using #software to bulk-scan #messages on #encrypted services (such as #WhatsApp, #Signal and #Element) before their #encryption, otherwise known as client-side scanning (#CSS).
Implementing such measures would undermine the #security and #privacy of encrypted services by scanning the content of every message and #email to check whether they contain illegal content.
This has been repeatedly justified by the #government as necessary for stopping the creation and spread of child sexual abuse materials (#CSAM), as well as violent #crime and #terrorism.
#Cryptographic experts, however, have repeatedly argued that measures mandating tech firms to proactively detect harmful content through client-side scanning should be abandoned.”
It just keeps getting better, doesn’t it?
#Straya / #secrecy / #information <https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/The-UKs-Online-Safety-Act-explained-what-you-need-to-know>
