Thu Sep 21, 2023 – 4:58 pm EDT
(LifeSiteNews) — The passing of the U.K. Online Safety Bill this week marks the latest effort in a decades-long campaign by the British state to remove any obstacle to internet surveillance. With the bill being celebrated by the U.K. government as a world first in providing a “safer internet,” this forthcoming law provides for a future in which your messages, photos and emails will be scanned by state-mandated spyware.
The campaign to abolish your digital privacy has a long pedigree. Though many critics argue correctly that this bill provides for a level of intrusion that is currently impossible, this is not a bug, but a feature. As a feature, it is intended to kickstart the permanent destruction of the one thing which keeps you and your data safe from constant surveillance: encryption.
The long march against freedom
Few will even be aware of what tech insiders call the “first crypto war.” This was the 1990s battle between cryptographers and governments to secure the right to create digital encryption that could not be broken by state authorities.
Since then, governments in the U.K. and the U.S. have fought
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