LONDON, Jan. 12 (UPI) -- In response to the "attacks in Paris," as he put it, British Prime Minister David Cameron wants to end the use of encrypted messages in the UK.
During a speech on Monday, Cameron stressed the concept that terrorists can send messages to each other using encrypted applications that can't be accessed by surveillance agencies like a phone call or a letter sent in the mail could. Messengers like iMessage, FaceTime and Snapchat transfer data in a way that makes messages extremely difficult to intercept, and Cameron is concerned terrorists will utilize them.
"The attacks in Paris demonstrated the scale of the threat that we face and the need to have robust powers through our intelligence and security agencies in order to keep our people safe," Cameron said.
He believes surveillance agencies should be able to access metadata, the data showing who's contacting who, as well as the content of messages. He explained that the content of a message or voice call could only be acccessed with a court order.
