Maybe it’s possible to restrain EU politicians from drafting laws that would give access to encrypted chats to authorities. Something that would result in mass surveillance of all citizens in Europe.

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    4 years ago

    Wonder if this is related to

    What’s all this about Europe wanting crypto backdoors? Is Europe about to ban E2E Encryption? Not really.

    https://lemmy.ml/post/42485

    https://archive.is/UAvD9

    A report in the Austrian press yesterday appeared to suggest a ban incoming on end-to-end encryption which the headline linked to a recent terror attack in the country. In fact there have been discussions ongoing between Member States on the topic of encryption — and whether/how to regulate it — for several years now.

    Then it discusses “challenges” to public security that flow from criminals having easy access to the same technologies that are used to protect vital civic infrastructure — suggesting criminals can use E2EE to make “lawful” access to their communications “extremely challenging” or “practically impossible”.