ISOC UK has signed a call to world leaders attending the G7 summit to ensure the Internet can support a secure and trusted digital economy for everyone. Measures that undermine encryption weaken security for all.
You can see the letter and sign it at http://www.g7openletter.org
Endnotes: [1]Exceptional access, also referred to as “lawful access,” refers to providing law enforcement and intelligence agencies with access encrypted communications. [2]See: Keys Under Doormats: Mandating insecurity by requiring government access to all data and communications – and Open Letter to GCHQ [3] https://www.networkcomputing.com/network-security/encrypted-traffic-reaches-new-threshold and https://techcrunch.com/2018/01/31/whatsapp-hits-1-5-billion-monthly-users-19b-not-so-bad/ and https://telegram.org/blog/200-million [4] https://www.bcg.com/publications/2015/infrastructure-needs-of-the-digital-economy.aspx