Alan Woodward, visiting professor at Surrey Center for Cyber Security at the University of Surrey stressed, “Encryption keeps our bank details, medical records and family conversations safe. It cannot be weakened for criminals without being weakened for everyone. Private communication is not a luxury. It is a condition of a thriving democracy.”
Paul Strasburger, chair of Big Brother Watch, agrees: “Strong encryption is essential to protect our data and our commerce from attack by organized crime and rogue states,” he told the government last year during a debate on the matter in the House of Lords. “Any weakness inserted into encryption for…
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