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The EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agenda (www.techradar.com)
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[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (1 children)

I wonder how in the world Ofcom could enforce that?

[–] ambitiousslab@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think (and hope!) it would likely only get applied to the biggest services, and would be enforced by removal from the app stores.

Then, the logical next step for the government when this doesn't work would be to allow this requirement at the OS level.

[–] EngineerGaming@feddit.nl 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

That would only really work on mobile, though - and that's assuming the OS isn't custom.