"It’s not about security, it’s about control" – How EU governments want to encrypt their own comms, but break our private chats

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European governments clearly understand how crucial encryption is to preserve privacy and security. Yet, these crucial factors for their own communications seem to be something that citizens will have to make peace with and lose in the name of the common good.

In the wake of ever-larger and frequent cyberattacks – think of the Salt Typhoon in the US – encryption has become crucial to shield everyone’s security, whether that’s ID theft, scams, or national security risks. Even the FBI urged all Americans to turn to encrypted chats.

Law enforcement, however, often sees this layer of protection as an obstacle to their investigations, pushing for “lawful access” to encrypted data as a way to combat hideous crimes like terrorism or child abuse.

That’s exactly where legislation proposals like Chat Control and ProtectEU in the European bloc, or the Online Safety Act in the UK, come from.

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“It’s not about security, it’s about control” – How EU governments want to encrypt their own comms, but break our private chats

In the wake of ever-larger and frequent cyberattacks – think of the Salt Typhoon in the US – encryption has become crucial to shield everyone’s security, whether that’s ID theft, scams, or national security risks. Even the FBI urged all Americans to turn to encrypted chats.

Law enforcement, however, often sees this layer of protection as an obstacle to their investigations, pushing for “lawful access” to encrypted data as a way to combat hideous crimes like terrorism or child abuse.

That’s exactly where legislation proposals like Chat Control and ProtectEU in the European bloc, or the Online Safety Act in the UK, come from.

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“It’s not about security, it’s about control” – How EU governments want to encrypt their own comms, but break our private chats

In the wake of ever-larger and frequent cyberattacks – think of the Salt Typhoon in the US – encryption has become crucial to shield everyone’s security, whether that’s ID theft, scams, or national security risks. Even the FBI urged all Americans to turn to encrypted chats.

Law enforcement, however, often sees this layer of protection as an obstacle to their investigations, pushing for “lawful access” to encrypted data as a way to combat hideous crimes like terrorism or child abuse.

That’s exactly where legislation proposals like Chat Control and ProtectEU in the European bloc, or the Online Safety Act in the UK, come from.

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Previous PostDr Aladwan under House Arrest for Speech

Next PostCrude Prices Surge After US Sanctions Russian Oil Giants; ZeroHedge Spars With NATO Chief Over Failed Ukraine Policy

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