EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption
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Re: EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption
#2Just in case people don’t read the article:
the European Parliament’s position removes indiscriminate chat control and allows only for a targeted surveillance of specific individuals and groups reasonably suspicious of being linked to child sexual abuse material, with a judicial warrant. End-to-end encrypted messengers are exempted.Re: EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption
#3Just in case people don’t read the article: the European Parliament’s position removes indiscriminate chat control and allows only for a targeted surveillance of specific individuals and groups reasonably suspicious of being linked to child sexual abuse material, with a judicial warrant. End-to-end encrypted messengers are exempted.
even more:
In detail, our position will protect young people and victims of abuse much more effectively than the EU Commission’s extreme proposal:
At the same time, we are pulling the following poisonous teeth out of the EU Commission’s extreme bill:Re: EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption
#4The proposal looks equilibrated in my opinion.
I think that it is a good example of why voting for Pirate party representative might make a difference with law changes designed to help citizens.
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#5This is great news, I hope this will be the end of the stupid E2EE ban attempts, for a few years at least.
Re: EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption
#6The proposal looks equilibrated in my opinion. I think that it is a good example of why voting for Pirate party representative might make a difference with law changes designed to help citizens.
At least on the EU level, this certainly had its merits. Additionally I think having good informed representatives like that can even have a bigger impact than their seat alone, because they can often influence the opinion of other representatives around them.
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#7More discussion a few days ago:
EU Chat Control Bill Postponed
Re: EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption
#8> We safeguard trust in secure end-to-end encryption. We clearly exclude so-called client-side scanning, i.e. the installation of surveillance functionalities and security vulnerabilities in our smartphones.
What does "exclude" mean in this context? Should client-side scanning be allowed or not?
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#9> We safeguard trust in secure end-to-end encryption. We clearly exclude so-called client-side scanning, i.e. the installation of surveillance functionalities and security vulnerabilities in our smartphones. What does "exclude" mean in this context? Should client-side scanning be allowed or not?
> Should client-side scanning be allowed or not?
That's up to you if it "should" (personally, no, horrible most likely illegal idea)
Patrick has been a pretty vocal opponent of the draft so if he's content that's good
Re: EU parliament agreement to remove chat control and safeguard secure encryption
#10More discussion a few days ago: EU Chat Control Bill Postponed https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37982655
To add context to the link, this isn't a repost, just related.
The post linked is about the Council (think US senate or Bundesrat) not having enough votes to pass the text (they're still looking for internal compromises)
This post is about the European Parliament's committee examining the draft (well, one of the 5, but LIBE is the lead one)