On 01/13/2015 05:47 PM, Alfie John wrote: > On Wed, Jan 14, 2015, at 11:17 AM, rysiek wrote: >> Dnia wtorek, 13 stycznia 2015 23:24:46 odinn pisze: >> Tel that to David Censormoron, or whatever his surname really is. >> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/12/iranuk_in_accord_as_pm_promises_to_block_encrypted_comms_after_election/ >> >> Seriously, anybody from the UK here? How's the situation on the Isles, >> is there any chance to stop this madness? > > Don't try to stop it. In fact, we should all be rallying the people of > the UK to champion this and put this in affect. Once the election > results are over, the new government are sworn in, and the laws are > passed, encryption is turned off throughout the UK. Awesome job. Pat on > the back. Then watch how the banking sector no longer guarantee online > transactions safe, the proles stop using credit cards online for > ecommerce, and businesses stop using their company VPNs. > > Be careful what you wish for David. > > Alfie
I'm sure that the UK would just require registration for using SSH, TLS, IPsec, OpenVPN, etc, etc. Consider Iran's approach in 2013.[0] | "Within the last few days illegal VPN ports in the country have | been blocked," Ramezanali Sobhani-Fard, the head of the Iranian | parliament's information and communications technology committee, | told Mehr news agency, according to Reuters. "Only legal and | registered VPNs can from now on be used." [0] http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/03/11/iran_blocks_vpns_facebook_youtube_down/
