- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
- cross-posted to:
- privacy@lemmy.ml
The European government has spent a few years trying to break encryption. The results have been, at best, mixed. Of course, the EU government claims it’s not actually interested in breaking encryption. Instead, it hides its intentions behind phrases like “client-side scanning” and “chat control.” But it all just means the same thing: purposefully weakening or breaking encryption to allow the government to monitor communications.
From the perspective of a systems analyst and admin here on p.d:
to me this looks like a poor attempt by some instance admins trying to harvest their user’s data by requiring a backdoor to everyone’s computer
news like this makes me sad and tired cause it’s blatantly apparent that some users still don’t understand why trust and consent is important