schizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoThe EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agendawww.techradar.comexternal-linkmessage-square93linkfedilinkarrow-up1497arrow-down16file-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mleurope@feddit.org
arrow-up1491arrow-down1external-linkThe EU proposal to scan all your WhatsApp chats is back on the agendawww.techradar.comschizoidman@lemm.ee to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square93linkfedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: privacy@lemmy.mleurope@feddit.org
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·edit-21 year agoI wonder how in the world Ofcom could enforce that?
minus-squareambitiousslab@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoI 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.
minus-squareEngineerGaming@feddit.nllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 year agoThat would only really work on mobile, though - and that’s assuming the OS isn’t custom.
I wonder how in the world Ofcom could enforce that?
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.
That would only really work on mobile, though - and that’s assuming the OS isn’t custom.