{"id":948,"date":"2016-06-08T02:14:49","date_gmt":"2016-06-08T02:14:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/?p=948"},"modified":"2024-12-23T07:57:08","modified_gmt":"2024-12-23T07:57:08","slug":"uks-lower-house-eases-up-on-encryption","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/uks-lower-house-eases-up-on-encryption-948\/","title":{"rendered":"UK’s lower house eases up on encryption"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The United Kingdom\u2019s House of Commons approved far-reaching authority for spy agencies to access cyber data Tuesday, but pulled back some restrictions on encryption opposed by Apple and Facebook.<\/p>\n

The so-called \u201csnooper\u2019s charter,\u201d officially the Investigatory Power Act, codifies intelligence agencies\u2019 use of metadata analysis and malware to hack computers that has been ongoing in the U.K. It requires communications companies to maintain records of customers\u2019 web browsing for a full year to assist investigations.
\nBut the final version eased up on restrictions on encryption. Early drafts of the law mandated encryption include backdoor access \u2013 an issue that recently sparked a battle between Apple and the FBI in the U.S. The version passed Tuesday requires only that companies help break encryption if it is reasonable in terms of cost and technology.<\/p>\n

That would keep the kinds of encryption used on Apple phones and Facebook\u2019s newly announced end-to-end encrypted messaging service off the table. When properly implemented, neither would be technologically possible to crack.<\/p>\n

The changes to encryption were one of a few amendments meant to assuage concerns about the law’s effect on privacy. Civil liberties groups are still unhappy with the complete product, though interior minister Theresa May called the safeguards “world leading.”<\/p>\n

The final vote on the IPA was 444-69. It now heads to the House of Lords for their approval.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The United Kingdom\u2019s House of Commons approved far-reaching authority for spy agencies to access cyber data Tuesday, but pulled back some restrictions on encryption opposed by Apple and Facebook. The so-called \u201csnooper\u2019s charter,\u201d officially the Investigatory Power Act, codifies intelligence agencies\u2019 use of metadata analysis and malware to hack computers that has been ongoing in … Continue reading UK’s lower house eases up on encryption<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[60,52,303],"class_list":["post-948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-apple","tag-encryption","tag-facebook"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":950,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948\/revisions\/950"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dogoodsoft.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}