doffactory this is not the same. They are simply scanning Internet-facing devices, such as routers and servers.

This is similar to shodan and does not require any privileges or backdoors.

    Eirikr70 exactly. And, to be clear, I'm talking about the Bleeping Computer article and the British government using vulnerability scanners. As long as they're upfront and provide the source IP addresses of their scanners, that stuff can be filtered out; it looks like they also provide an opt-out process, too.

    The backdoors and mandatory breaking of encryption are something that people should very much care about and protest.

      guser39 it looks like they also provide an opt-out process, too.
      If that is confirmed, it is in total respect of usual EU privacy rules.

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        Eirikr70 only if it's opt-out by default or else there's something wrong with laws imposed on us.

        More companies need to tell more intrusive governments to pound sand.

        But what this original post is referring to, is regarding the new online safety bill for UK and the EU similar chat control law.
        I think the graphene Devs have already said it won't affect us as they won't allow that software to be put on our phones.

        But it's still bad because if allowed to happen it means we don't have the human right "right to a private family life"

        This is the same nonsense that Apple tried to pull, and there was a big stink.

        I think they went ahead and are doing it anyway.