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this post was submitted on 26 Jul 2023
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I mean, imagine if non-british companies just went "well, no encryption for you, then."
And disabled TLS too.
Online Banking would probably just have to... stop.
And a lot of other pages wouldn't load on most browsers requiring https
What will happen is usually what happens when the UK government introduces a brain melting stupid law (basically any time they do or say anything).
The government will suddenly find out that all the people that said that their stupid law won't work, were right, and that it doesn't work. Shockingly.
Then it will end up getting hastily revised into something moderately functional which will necessitate modifying it to the point at which it effectively doesn't exist, and we all get on with our lives. Repeat process ad nauseum.
See the porn age verification law. Which never ended up happening.