<story><title>If David Cameron bans secure encryption he can&apos;t intercept</title><url>http://blog.mythic-beasts.com/2015/01/15/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mythic-beasts-employee-after-david-cameron-bans-the-secure-encryption/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>SCdF</author><text>Honestly, it sounds kind of relaxing. Good excuse to get some sunshine.&lt;p&gt;On a more serious note, I can&amp;#x27;t help but think David Cameron is employing the technique of attempting something extreme so that he can do something less extreme (but still really bad) later with less oversight. Of &lt;i&gt;course&lt;/i&gt; you can&amp;#x27;t ban strong encryption. His advisers know that, he knows that, _everyone_ knows that.&lt;p&gt;It will be very interesting to see what actually gets put (or attempted to be put) into law. Right now it&amp;#x27;s just a whole lot of unrealistic noise.</text></comment>
<story><title>If David Cameron bans secure encryption he can&apos;t intercept</title><url>http://blog.mythic-beasts.com/2015/01/15/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-mythic-beasts-employee-after-david-cameron-bans-the-secure-encryption/</url></story><parent_chain></parent_chain><comment><author>mike-cardwell</author><text>It&amp;#x27;s pretty clear that the UK government doesn&amp;#x27;t have the power to ban encryption. This is just a distraction so that we are happy to accept whatever &amp;quot;less bad&amp;quot; proposals they come up with to increase their surveillance powers. I can&amp;#x27;t help but feel that peoples dislike of Cameron is a pointless distraction too. This is not Cameron. This is government. We will still be having this same discussion in 50 years, unless some miracle technical advancement makes it moot.</text></comment>