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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] 1 points 1 hour ago

So, these are centre-Left politicians, correct? So, why are they doing this? For our 'safety? ' Right...

[–] [email protected] 14 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

I wish the communications of politicians get hacked and their plans leaked. They don't care unless it happens to them.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

You are correct. Having worked in information technology, I realized pretty quickly that management is always reactive and never proactive.

In the words of pentester Jason E. Street in his defcon talk "kill everyone, destroy everything, cause total financial ruin" - "the best way to get management excited about a disaster plan is to burn down the building across the street."

If a government got hacked big time because of a back door, they would probably become a lot less interested.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I need to watch this Defcon talk

[–] [email protected] 55 points 1 day ago (2 children)

They never give up. After a bill attempt is buried, a new one is prepared just weeks afterwards.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 14 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

Sounds like a backdoor in democracy that needs closing.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 11 hours ago

'democracy'

[–] [email protected] 29 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 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.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 14 hours ago

Man, the try again until tired starts to work on me.