The UK could become a "hackers paradise" claims a former Devon MP

The UK could become a "hackers paradise" claims a former Devon MP. Richard Younger-Ross believes if the Prime Minister has his way and bans encryption technologies he will put everyone at risk of being hacked. "David Cameron's suggestion that companies should stop using these security measures is technologically illiterate." he says. "Encryption is now essential to our daily lives, every time I buy online or in a shop that transaction is encrypted. Business rely on secure systems to transfer data, to ban encryption would harm UK business and would make it likely that some data businesses would relocate to France or elsewhere."

"By forcing private firms to drop encryption the majority of people in this country will be less safe, while terrorists and criminals will simply use technological products that are impossible to regulate." he said.

On his weekly LBC show Liberal Democrat Leader Nick Clegg said encryption was "a fact of life" as well as an important method of protecting us against criminal hacking.

The Deputy Prime Minister said it was important to cooperate with technological companies, many of them in the US, so that where we want to break an encryption we can do so.

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