UK may force Facebook services to allow backdoor police access
by Dan Sabbagh from on (#5G2HK)
End-to-end encryption could be challenged with security agencies enabled to monitor user messages
Ministers are considering forcing Facebook to implement a backdoor to allow security agencies and police to read the contents of messages sent across its Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram chat services.
Industry sources say they understand that the Home Office is threatening to use a special legal power called a technical capability notice to compel Facebook to develop a system to allow for the eavesdropping of messages.
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