The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by wlscr » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 1:34 PM UTC

The EU is set to declare war on encryption
tech.newstatesman.com

Re: The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by rbecker » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 1:48 PM UTC

> This makes the work of law enforcement and the judiciary more challenging, as they seek to obtain lawful access to evidence.

And the ever growing surveillance permeating our society makes it less challenging, but they're not asking for reduced authority to compensate for that, are they?

Re: The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by callamdelaney » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 1:51 PM UTC

Thankfully the UK is leaving so we won't have to comply with this; though our government hardly has the best record on data privacy.

Re: The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by blibble » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 1:57 PM UTC

maybe this will have better results than the war on cookies?

Re: The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by threatofrain » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:01 PM UTC

This is the original referenced article:

https://www.ft.com/content/c5336824-140c-49ee-85a4-c8197f829...

Re: The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by noodlesoups » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:04 PM UTC

It's never been about protecting people, it's about power. What is the source of most power? Knowledge. Knowledge about anything and everything. It's unimaginable what you could do with access to every conversation ever had, retroactively at your fingertips.

Power is neutral, it's users are not. We have already seen the dangerous precedent China has set with it's all-encompassing surveillance and human-rights violations.

Re: The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by ceilingcorner » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:05 PM UTC

This is a nice reminder that the EU isn’t some benevolent defender of human rights; it’s a surveillance state bureaucracy like all the others. They’ve done a spectacular job at branding, I’ll give them that.

Re: The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by marcrosoft » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:06 PM UTC

Let’s say they ban end to end encryption tomorrow in their save the children and puppies act. Guess who is still going to use it? The criminals are of course. You can’t ban math.

Re: The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by zingplex » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:06 PM UTC

How is this even slightly consistent with their stance on privacy?

Re: The EU is set to declare war on encryption

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Post by ben_w » Wed, Sep 23, 2020, 2:07 PM UTC

callamdelaney wrote: post #3

Thankfully the UK is leaving so we won't have to comply with this; though our government hardly has the best record on data privacy.

I left the UK specifically because of the UK government trying to mess with encryption in a very stupid way (amongst other things), with an act of Parliament that violated EU law: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investigatory_Powers_Act_201...