[cwales95]

Now this is a headline I didn't want to see pass. I wonder if Apple will do what they said and pull iMessage and FaceTime. Same with Meta and WhatsApp.

[TetraBeef]

I think most of the companies saying they would pull out said they would because of the parts of the bill targeting end to end encryption.

I thought they dropped that part of the bill, I may be mistaken though.

[Jigsy]

They said it wasn't currently feasible. Meaning they believe it will be (lol) years or decades down the line.

[cwales95]

Pretty much. I’m not sure if it got included but if it was feasibly possible they absolutely would — which is just as bad in my opinion. Lack of capability does not nullify intent.

[darreninthenet]

It was included, I think the wording was changed to include something like "when technically feasible" or similar

[toyg]

Nothing was changed. The government just trotted out a nobody to make a statement that basically said "we won't do it until we think it can be done"; the sensationalist media thought they had got their U-turn, ran a few headlines, and moved on.

The bill just passed as it was.

The British establishment is occasionally infuriating.

[jacooper]

That was 100% on purpose, they won't care and will force a backdoor anyway.

[jacooper]

They didn't

https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/09/today-uk-parliament-un...

[jimnotgym]

Well that would be a nice side effect, yes. It would be great if a terrible law had such fine consequences.