Article 2QNZS UK Tories say they'll exploit Manchester's dead to ban working crypto in the UK

UK Tories say they'll exploit Manchester's dead to ban working crypto in the UK

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Cory Doctorow
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One of UK Prime Minister Theresa May's government ministers told a reporter from The Sun that the government is planning on invoking the "Technical Capabilities Orders" section of the Snoopers Charter, a 2016 domestic spying bill; the "orders" allow the government to demand that companies cease using working cryptography in their products and services, substituting it with deliberately defective code that can be broken. (more")

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