European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
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Re: European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
#2Google "security despite encryption" etc. It is some good rhetorical manipulation a'la EU over again.
Re: European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
#3Is the actual text of the workplan somewhere? The linked article refers to the text
more effective tools for law enforcement
in the press release and then infers or implies that this means more encryption backdoors, but I could not find that in an actual EU text?
(Edit: I'm not doubting that they want to make backdoors mandatory, I'd just like to see the actual text.)
Re: European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
#4Google "security despite encryption" etc. It is some good rhetorical manipulation a'la EU over again.
We see it in the EU here but the groups pushing for that are everywhere, including the US, UK, Australia, etc
So frustrating to go though that exact same debate every few years
Re: European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
#5Google "security despite encryption" etc. It is some good rhetorical manipulation a'la EU over again.
We see it in the EU here but the groups pushing for that are everywhere, including the US, UK, Australia, etc So frustrating to go though that exact same debate every few years
Indeed. This is also why we should resist getting locked further into the Apple/Google duopoly. In such closed systems it will be straightforward to require backdoors. Much harder if we have general-purpose computers that we can run our own software on.
Re: European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
#6Is the actual text of the workplan somewhere? The linked article refers to the text more effective tools for law enforcement in the press release and then infers or implies that this means more encryption backdoors, but I could not find that in an actual EU text? (Edit: I'm not doubting that they want to make backdoors mandatory, I'd just like to see the actual text.)
It's linked in the second paragraph of article.
More effective tools for law enforcement and stronger JHA agencies
Law enforcement needs the right tools to be effective. And with 85% of criminal investigations relying on digital information, this includes lawful access to data:
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· A Roadmap on lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement,
· A Technology Roadmap on encryption, and an impact assessment with a view to updating the EU's data retention rules.
Re: European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
#7Only a fascist like totalitarian government would keep pushing for more and control and les freedoms.
Their biggest ploy was they convicted people 1984 was a description of a communist dictatorship, and not an execution manual for European democracies on how to strengthen their grips.
Re: European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
#8Is the actual text of the workplan somewhere? The linked article refers to the text more effective tools for law enforcement in the press release and then infers or implies that this means more encryption backdoors, but I could not find that in an actual EU text? (Edit: I'm not doubting that they want to make backdoors mandatory, I'd just like to see the actual text.)
It's linked in the second paragraph of article. More effective tools for law enforcement and stronger JHA agencies Law enforcement needs the right tools to be effective. And with 85% of criminal investigations relying on digital information, this includes lawful access to data: … · A Roadmap on lawful and effective access to data for law enforcement, · A Technology Roadmap on encryption, and an impact assessment with…
What you are citing from is an older press release from April 2025.
Re: European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
We see it in the EU here but the groups pushing for that are everywhere, including the US, UK, Australia, etc So frustrating to go though that exact same debate every few years
Indeed. This is also why we should resist getting locked further into the Apple/Google duopoly. In such closed systems it will be straightforward to require backdoors. Much harder if we have general-purpose computers that we can run our own software on.
That's why for wallet features only Apple and Google are allowed. Condition everyone picking only iOS or Android, but not Linux, or others.
Re: European Commission Revives Push for Encryption Backdoors in ProtectEU Strategy
#10Only a fascist like totalitarian government would keep pushing for more and control and les freedoms. Their biggest ploy was they convicted people 1984 was a description of a communist dictatorship, and not an execution manual for European democracies on how to strengthen their grips.
I'm so tired of reading stuff like this under any article covering the political struggle over surveillance in EU. While US posts about surveilling journalists, letting 'law' enforcement run wild with no oversight, and so on, either gets flagged to death or talked down.