Department for Science, Innovation and Technology you say? So when scientists innovate technology to protect _against_ the aforementioned… pic.twitter.com/JNTADrmkDD

— Seb Vidal (@SebJVidal) March 25, 2026

You are driving down security for UK users so you can spy on us.

You don't want to protect us.

You want to control us. pic.twitter.com/BHWOwiMGG7

— Britishly Disappointed (@B_Disappointed) March 25, 2026

Then why ban Apple’s advanced encryption and insist on a government identity app on every phone likely to be vulnerable to cyber attack ?

— Dickie (@egosumdickie) March 25, 2026

The hypocrisy https://t.co/qiH53izAkG

— 4BDNFRT ? (@EddyGraphic1) March 25, 2026

Asking people for ID to confirm their age only opens them up to security breaches. The UK government is responsible for all its citizens data being leaked. Its not a matter of IF but WHEN.

— frog (@36F5VE) March 25, 2026

You can’t turn on Advanced Data protection on Apple phones because of UK policy. They have deliberately made citizens of the UK open to more attacks because the government wants to be able to get access. No privacy under labours 1984 big brother government. https://t.co/fxGNSmF10K

— Blake Blake (@TheBlake83) March 25, 2026

Coming from the least tech-literate government ever who are actively making security WORSE by offering up our most sensitive information to untrustworthy third parties and American mass-surveillance agencies. https://t.co/1drGnPt4sX

— James Kelly ??????? (@jkelly206) March 25, 2026