Almost like it was a non-starter. Who could have possibly foreseen that?

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    the government will reportedly confirm that communications regulator Ofcom will only require companies to introduce back-door access when a technology is developed that is capable of scanning networks in such a manner.

    So never then?

    Edit: This is a surprise as I was reading articles earlier today claiming that this was almost guaranteed to pass. It’s another can kick like the age verification law.

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      any article claiming that was written by a moron, they’ve been trying and failing to do this for a decade. It’s not the first attempt, it’s not gonna be the last. It’ll always fail

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        If this always fails why do they keep trying ?

        They will try again until people stop fighting it.

        People shouldn’t let their guard down…

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      It was never going to pass. Sure they may have tried to push it through but there are far too many people that they would need to get it past, and those people either understand how technology works or at least consult people who understand how technology works.

      The Tories always trying to implement laws that are physically impossible. All the sodding time.