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Europe proposes backdoors in encrypted platforms under new security strategy (www.techspot.com)

submitted 1 day ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60408809

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Additionally, the Commission envisions expanding Europol's role, effectively transforming it into a European equivalent of the FBI, with enhanced operational capabilities.

Granting Europol the ability to access encrypted data can only mean one thing: Brussels is proposing some form of government-mandated backdoor for communication platforms protected by end-to-end encryption.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 1 day ago (1 children)

True and im tired boss

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's their strategy. When everyone is too tired to fight, they will get it through

[–] [email protected] 3 points 15 hours ago

or like the anti-pirate bill from a few years back that had more votes than politicians and no one gave a shit or even remembers that little insane corruption.