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Signal boss: ‘disturbing’ laws show the UK doesn’t understand tech
Meredith Whittaker, boss of WhatsApp rival Signal, says the UK’s Investigatory Powers Act could create a weakness that threatens users’ private data
Then there’s the Online Safety Act, under which tech platforms such as Facebook and X are required to use age-verification tools and block posts in order to protect under-18 users from “harmful” content, such as pornography and self-harm videos. Whittaker describes this “technically incoherent” law as “a mess”, citing the removal of LGBTQ+ posts on some platforms and a surge in the use of virtual private networks (VPNs), with which people can hide their identity, location and age. UK domestic matters covered, I set about trying to crack the Enigma code that is Whittaker, who Google DeepMind boss Sir Demis Hassabis describes as “a brilliant technologist and a fierce protector of privacy and security”.
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