Encryption

The first Irish opinion poll on public sentiment about encryption has found that the Irish public overwhelmingly believes (93 per cent) they have the right to private conversations online. 90 per cent say nobody should be able to access their private messages without a court order.

A coalition of more than 50 civil rights groups, security experts and tech companies including Apple, Google and Microsoft have signed an open letter calling on GCHQ to abandon proposals for eavesdropping on encrypted conversations. Under the so-called "ghost protocol", the providers of end-to-end e