The Prime Minister of England, David Cameron, has turned his attention squarely to the applications and messaging tools most used by the application in order to prohibit them throughout the territory of the United Kingdom And it points out that its operation and the technology that prevents its espionage are the perfect setting for the plot of terrorist attacks like the one suffered recently in Paris and other practices that, as a candidate for the next elections, intends to avoidAlthough for this you have to prohibit tools as well-known and widespread as WhatsApp or Snapchat
This was reported by the media outlet New York Times, which has read the latest statements from the Prime Minister In them, and without directly citing said messaging applications, he affirms that, if he is re-elected, he will seek pursue and ban these tools that do not collaborate with the British intelligence service offering information and allowing their messages to be read. Of course, always in a context of citizen security and in order to offer protection
And it is that the main messaging applications used, such as WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger or Snapchat , among many others, have encryption and encryption systems that protect the information that users send to each other.Security keys or protections that prevent third parties from intercepting communications and knowing what the interlocutors are saying. Even governments themselves and their powerful security/spying tools have encountered obstacles with options as widespread as WhatsApp Despite its lack of security against the introduction of Trojans and malware that can copy everything that enters and leaves the terminal, it is inexorable from a distance , which prevents remote espionage and provides terrorists, criminals and anyone who wants to use it secretly, the best method of communication. Despite the fact that there is a record of everything spoken in the terminal itself.
Of course, for this case in which messaging applications are banned in the United Kingdom, Cameron would have to bere-elected in the elections next May, and the proposal could not be accepted until next year 2016 In addition, it would be necessary to see what is the most effective way to ensure that millions of users who use this application can no longer access it and its communication options. A more than arduous task and almost impossible.
The governments of different European countries have already tried to negotiate with technology companies such as Facebook and Twitter the way to access the content of the millions of users who make use of its social services However, These companies have not always been willing to collaborate by providing information, despite the fact that there are cases in which leaks have occurred (as is the case with Whisper and the US government ), including companies that actively collaborate with the intelligence agencies of different governments.The same happens with the telecommunications operators that offer Internet services through which user information travels.
We will have to wait, then, to see if these companies reach some kind of agreement with the governments, or if they decide to take more serious measures in pursuit of security, even if this means cutting off communications or end user privacy.
