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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>

ComputerWeekly.comThe UK’s Online Safety Act explained: what you need to know | Computer WeeklyIn this essential guide, Computer Weekly looks at the UK’s implementation of the Online Safety Act, including controversies around age verification measures and the threat it poses to end-to-end encryption