Geffers G said:

With the UK's Online Safety Bill and the EU's Digital Services Act I do wonder where privacy is going.



I am not paranoid with security but exercise sensible care (or hope I do) but now wonder where the internet is going, how secure now are https sites? If the EU and UK (no doubt others will follow) are demanding some means of viewing digital data then are online transactions now vulnerable?



Appreciate they say this back door entry is meant for our own protection but of course we know what that means.



Wonder then are signal messages now open to snooping?



Geffers


Great topic, Geffers!

On security of https sites, I would say anything is hackable. With pure https if there is no database for a hacker to obtain, it would seem those sites have less interest to a hacker rather then the websites that have a lot of stored data on members, credit transactions etc.

I'm as concerned as you on where the internet is going because it seems that nothing is sacred anymore and there's a hacker waiting around the corner everyday to make a bad day for someone.

I've also been watching the development in the UK on their new internet bills that have been passed and initialized. It's a bit overwhelming but necessary to always be in compliance. I'm not in favor of a back door per se either. Member privacy is a big deal and if "they" have access easily, then what? I go back to what happened with Twitter "X" before Musk bought Twitter. The US government agencies that had their back door and access to Twitter data on multiple levels to control the narrative or shut down member's voices that weren't in line with the narrative. Of course, this has all been disputed, but none the less would seem there's a there-there since Musk shared emails etc. last year?