The U.K. government wants telecommunications providers to help it tap their customers’ communications. It could put an end to end-to-end encryption in services such as WhatsApp. Requests will apply to fixed and mobile phone networks, but also cloud-based messaging services and social networks. The government’s desires are set out in a draft of the regulations obtained by Open Rights Group (ORG), which campaigns for digital civil rights. ORG: “These powers could be directed at companies like WhatsApp to limit their encryption””]
Source: https://www.csoonline.com/article/3194925/uk-seeks-end-to-end-to-end-encryption.html