Google refuses to deny it received encryption order from UK government

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@phnx

does not require companies to collude

?

“Those providing electronic communication services are obliged by law to cooperate with the police/security police (section 24).”

@phnx

secretly backdoor encryption

OK, but:

“Under section 12 of the Act, an authorization can provide for secret entry to premises to plant spyware physically on an information system (e.g. a stationary computer).”

Compromising websites seem to be fair game, too?

“Where the identity of the suspect is not known, but his contacts are known, or a third party (such as a website which the suspects visits) is known, one can permit secret data reading of these contacts, or the third party, but only in order to identify the suspect.”

Breaking encryption is where their focus seems to be at:

“The figures, published since 2020, when the Act was introduced, show that the overwhelming purpose for which secret data reading is granted in Sweden is to break a device’s encryption.”

Quotes from: Clarification on the Swedish Covert Surveillance Act