EU attempt to sneak through new encryption-eroding law slammed by Signal, politicians

If u make privacy illegal then only criminals will have privacy.

And on Tuesday, 37 Members of Parliament signed an open letter to the Council of Europe urging legislators to reject Chat Control.

"We explicitly warn that the obligation to systematically scan encrypted communication, whether called 'upload-moderation' or 'client-side scanning,' would not only break secure end-to-end encryption, but will to a high probability also not withstand the case law of the European Court of Justice," the MEPs said. "Rather, such an attack would be in complete contrast to the European commitment to secure communication and digital privacy, as well as human rights in the digital space."

I hope to fuck this shit won't get passed

Regardless of the supposed motivations, this is mass surveillance on a scale never seen before. The EU wants to become China 2.0.

It's highly likely that these laws will be passed because more people are voting for right wing leaders in EU, Right wing heavily supports this. If EU sets the example soon the whole world will follow.

If it's client side then pedos will just strip it out and keep on going. It's a giant waste of time.

What a bullshit law. If things have flaws, they don't just have flaws for the benefit of police or government agencies. They have flaws for anyone that knows them or discovers them. This stuff will still be accessible for smart criminals, even more so in corrupt governments.

An encryption with exploits is not an encryption, it's a time bomb and it will blow up in your face at the worst moment.

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Definitely not my representatives in the EU..and all in front our wonderful Ursula von der Leyen, a personified political failure. And why this constant fake argument of child abuse?.. the real argument is that politicians and governments want to spy on EU inhabitants..time to vote differently..if this still helps anything in the EU ..

SLAMMED

"Slammed!"

Sneaky dickens.....

Signal SLAMS EU bill!

Can we get a single journalist that can write a headline?

that's what you get for having 2/3 right wing parties in the EU parliament