Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens. When the scandal was revealed, it turned out that American tech companies and security services had been involved in the bill, generally known as ‘Chat Control’ – and that the whole thing had been directed by completely different interests. Now comes the next attempt.
I bet the communication they do on this topic is encrypted…
Of course. Rules for thee and not for me.
I thought the EU has been pretty good on privacy so far. Of course the US is trying to duck it up.
The EU has been good on privacy against other actors. The EU is very bad when it comes to personal privacy from its constituent governments.
Nothing and I mean nothing will kill this faster than some leaked chats, emails, and browsing history of a few politicians.
new amendment to the rule: politicians are exempted from the backdoors because of national security and protection from terrorism.
move along, citizen.
Great extensive write-up.
Stefan Hector, a representative of the Swedish Police Authority, said that “a society cannot accept that criminals today have a space to communicate safely in order to commit serious crimes.” A week later, it was revealed that the Swedish police had been infiltrated and were leaking information to criminals.
🙃