David Cameron vs encrypted communication

According to the BBC, the British Prime Minister announced in his speech that if he was re-elected for the next term, he would certainly prohibit funds for online communication, which encrypt their traffic and do not have “black lines” for the special services. Referring to the recent Paris events, he said: “The Paris attacks demonstrated the size of the threat that confronts us, and we need our security and intelligence agencies to have every opportunity to protect our people.” He added: “Will we allow such ways of communication to exist that we cannot read?” No, we shouldn't do that! ”

Of course, it is not known whether Cameron will put his statements into life after re-election, or not, but scandals with wiretapping and discussions of the right to privacy have been stirring the public, governments and special services over the past couple of years. After the revelations of Snowden , granted asylum in Russia (where, by the way, he likes to live ), which revealed to the world the details of surveillance of the US and British intelligence services for citizens ( PRISM program, etc.), the topic of citizens' rights and the prevention of terrorist attacks reached a new level.

Let me remind you that after Apple and Google began to encrypt their mobile OSes in connection with the exacerbation of the problem with wiretapping, the US special services raised the issue of the need to force these companies to make “black moves” in smartphones for special services .