Avatar of Vengeance@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agoUnder British and UK Legislation anyone using or developing end-to-end encryption is now a “hostile actor”lemmy.mlimagemessage-square180linkfedilinkarrow-up11.01Karrow-down110file-text
arrow-up11Karrow-down1imageUnder British and UK Legislation anyone using or developing end-to-end encryption is now a “hostile actor”lemmy.mlAvatar of Vengeance@lemmy.ml to Privacy@lemmy.mlEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square180linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squarePommes_für_dein_Balg@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up27·7 days agoAccording to this legislation, using https is against the law.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·7 days agoNot as long as UK is the root CA, I suppose.
minus-squarehelvetpuli@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 days agoNormally the certificate signing authority should never see, not need to see anybody’s private key, so no.
minus-squareulterno@programming.devlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·7 days agoBut they can, taking help from the DNS (or ISP), send you to a fake website.
According to this legislation, using https is against the law.
Not as long as UK is the root CA, I suppose.
Normally the certificate signing authority should never see, not need to see anybody’s private key, so no.
But they can, taking help from the DNS (or ISP), send you to a fake website.