http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-30952592
OK, I understand the principle of intercepting terrorist communications but most of them are going to go elsewhere for their encryption where the UK government and others can't spy on them.
For the UK companies who do everything legally keeping their stuff secret is a must in a business world. If the government can break in anyone can.
I'm also sure that there are millions of British people with details that, while not illegal, they don't want published in newspapers or on internet sites. This is not 'if you have nothing to illegal to hide' but a legitimate concern. There are those with legitimate beliefs that they would rather their employers didn't know about just by searching for them.
What you are doing data can be used in the same way. I know the majority don't care if the government checks but I'm sure there are plenty of people who you would prefer not to be looking over your internet shoulder.
Overall it's a very back handed way of trying to do this. So do you mind your encryption being open to anyone who is prepared to get the back door key?
BTW, I'm not saying that Labour or LibDems wouldn't use exactly the same tactic, they probably would :disappointed:
As usual using current events to shoehorn this in, I expect the reason they want it has nothing to do with terrorism, this along with trying to bring down encrypted chat. If people actually want to talk about secretive things then you'd expect that they would use suitable technology not Facebook chat?
The NSA had logs spanning two months of activity by North Korean hackers patiently monitoring Sony systems but they did know what it meant until it happened, the only use they had of it was that Obama could with confidence say that it was North Korean hackers, they have so much of data that they cannot handle it all.
Myself I never use the internet or phone for stuff I do not want public.