Dropsafe
by Alec Muffett
Resources
A Primer for End-to-End Encryption
A “Duck Test” for End-to-End Secure Messaging
Why Privacy will always be more impactful than Safety
Muffett on Passwords
Pre-Flight Travel Checklist
About
About
Login
FAQs
Search
RSS
RSS (All)
RSS (Comments)
Tag:
client side scanning
“Signal President Meredith Whittaker threatens again to pull the encrypted messaging app out of the UK”
2026/06/11
MEPs block tech firms from scanning for child sexual abuse material | POLITICO
2026/03/26
Let Me Explain How a State Actor Could Perform a Denial-of-Service Attack on the Entire UK Government in the Wake of Ofcom “Online Safety Act” Client-Side Scanning
2026/03/20
There is an entire genre of tricking AI customer service bots into doing work; but few are pointing out the obvious…
2026/03/13
OFCOM update: so apparently the embargoed press-release email was circulated to one (more?) of their general discussion maillists, which I feel symbolic of their approach towards security
2026/02/18
HEADSUP: Ofcom *tonight* to announce demand for apps, websites to deploy “hash matching” (i.e. client-side scanning, fuzzy matching) of uploaded images “to protect children”
2026/02/18
“Keir Starmer is hell-bent on destroying your right to a private life” | …I absolutely detest that the mainstream parliamentary parties are sitting on their hands regarding this matter
2026/01/14
UK Orders Ofcom to Enforce Encryption Backdoors
2026/01/10
AND FINALLY: UK House of Lords demands client-side scanning of content to check for “viewing of CSAM”
2025/12/11
Interesting to compare and contrast EU attempts to force chat control, with failed Australian attempt at the same from 2024:
2025/11/19
BREAKING: EU attempting last minute resurrection ChatControl client-side scanning & message surveillance under vague “mandate… all reasonable mitigation measures” figleaf; FightChatControl.EU to be reactivated…
2025/11/10
EU watchdog attacks Britain over iPhone ‘backdoor’ demand
2025/10/22
1
2
3
Next Page