Clearly someone at GCHQ has told the UK government that if they want to ban secure apps like Signal, they first need to get the apps taken out of the app stores, then they need to mandate that phone OSes don't allow side-loading, then finally they need to ban "bespoke" phones, i.e. ones that allow general purpose computing.
Not only Stallman[0], but Doctorow[1] was right too.
After implementing this, they'll do the same for desktops, using something like Apple's Gatekeeper software[2]. Linux distros will gain support for this using "Secure Boot" and something like systemd-censord, which Microsoft might get Lennart to implement for them.
[0] https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/right-to-read.en.html
[1] https://boingboing.net/2012/01/10/lockdown.html
[2] https://support.apple.com/en-gb/guide/security/sec5599b66df/...
The only option is to write malware that replaces all installations of proprietary OSes with an open source os.
This should not be impossible given the number of 0days these typically ship with.
A self replicating reinforcement learning AI that distributes peer to peer over any network available and reproduces with other copies of itself to improve itself.
Behold, the birth of a true computer virus!
https://cryptome.org/eyeball/capen/capen-eyeball.htm
The state will attempt and do kill innocent British civilians in this country and its all covered up. This model of governance is employed in other country's but most people want to believe the state is there as a purpose for good.
Will Britons just import their phones from France?
I'm not sure how easy it is for networks to filter by IMEI (and presumably there would have to be a database for recording which IMEIs were sold with UK-compliant OSes) but eventually there would be a system which covered all access to the internet, not just from phones.
This means broadband ISPs doing a Remote Attestation check before routing any other packets from your device. A proof of concept for this has been implemented for some online games already.[0]
[0] https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2021/09/riot-games-anti-cheat...
"Sophisticated encrypted communication devices have been used extensively by criminals to facilitate organised crime. We’re targeting the modified and bespoke devices that enable access to platforms, similar to Encro Chat, where the software/ hardware has been developed to anonymise its users and their communications and its user base is assessed to be almost certainly criminal. Under Option 1 where articles will be specified, we will be targeting those that supply, modify, and possess these bespoke devices; the provisions will not apply to commercially available mobile phones nor the encrypted messaging apps available on them. The proposed offences will seek to tackle those supplying and exploiting these devices in order to carry out serious crimes and will seek to reduce the supply of these devices to serious criminals." [1]
1. https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/strengthening-th...
More seriously though I’m accepting this as the status quo and keep things I need to keep secret airgapped from the public internet and devices.
