Finally… for now. See all the previous posts spanning literal years on this topic for why I don’t believe it’s gone for good, and why I’m giving it maybe six to twelve months until someone puts it...
Finally… for now.
See all the previous posts spanning literal years on this topic for why I don’t believe it’s gone for good, and why I’m giving it maybe six to twelve months until someone puts it on the agenda again.
You can also read here about what the law actually seeks to implement (as opposed to breaking E2EE in messenger apps).
As always with this topic, I dearly love the EU and its institutions, I just don’t get why they are/were so hellbent on pushing this stupid idea.
Agreed, governments trying to (effectively) outlaw encryption has been an evergreen issue for decades, so this is far from over. What we really need are laws proactively protecting encryption, or...
Agreed, governments trying to (effectively) outlaw encryption has been an evergreen issue for decades, so this is far from over. What we really need are laws proactively protecting encryption, or even better, enshrining basic principles of digital privacy into law.
According to this I wouldn’t get my hopes up. I don’t think this relentless pursuit for this can be attributed to simple technical ignorance any longer. I hate to have lost so much faith in the EU...
I don’t think this relentless pursuit for this can be attributed to simple technical ignorance any longer. I hate to have lost so much faith in the EU over this, but I see little other explanation than are just as secretly/openly fascists as the rest of the corrupt political world these days.
Yeah, I was wondering if this was that or if there had been a new development. Keep badgering your MEPs, the parliament can shoot this down if they want to.
Yeah, I was wondering if this was that or if there had been a new development.
Keep badgering your MEPs, the parliament can shoot this down if they want to.
while I think this "chat control" surveillance is absolute garbage and I deeply hope the EU Parliament will rightfully throw it out, I don't know if this issue is as simple as just calling it...
while I think this "chat control" surveillance is absolute garbage and I deeply hope the EU Parliament will rightfully throw it out, I don't know if this issue is as simple as just calling it fascism. In fact when I tried to use one of those websites for contacting your representatives about this issue, it helpfully showed me that one party in my country was already officially against the chat control laws -- that party being the one that's fascist enough that there are calls for them to be banned. This issue is politically complex and kind of orthogonal to the traditional right wing/left wing politics, and and some otherwise relatively progressive political parties absolutely embrace it for various reasons. That's part of why it's so insidious.
Finally… for now.
See all the previous posts spanning literal years on this topic for why I don’t believe it’s gone for good, and why I’m giving it maybe six to twelve months until someone puts it on the agenda again.
You can also read here about what the law actually seeks to implement (as opposed to breaking E2EE in messenger apps).
As always with this topic, I dearly love the EU and its institutions, I just don’t get why they are/were so hellbent on pushing this stupid idea.
Agreed, governments trying to (effectively) outlaw encryption has been an evergreen issue for decades, so this is far from over. What we really need are laws proactively protecting encryption, or even better, enshrining basic principles of digital privacy into law.
But for now this is fantastic news!
According to this I wouldn’t get my hopes up.
I don’t think this relentless pursuit for this can be attributed to simple technical ignorance any longer. I hate to have lost so much faith in the EU over this, but I see little other explanation than are just as secretly/openly fascists as the rest of the corrupt political world these days.
Yeah, I was wondering if this was that or if there had been a new development.
Keep badgering your MEPs, the parliament can shoot this down if they want to.
while I think this "chat control" surveillance is absolute garbage and I deeply hope the EU Parliament will rightfully throw it out, I don't know if this issue is as simple as just calling it fascism. In fact when I tried to use one of those websites for contacting your representatives about this issue, it helpfully showed me that one party in my country was already officially against the chat control laws -- that party being the one that's fascist enough that there are calls for them to be banned. This issue is politically complex and kind of orthogonal to the traditional right wing/left wing politics, and and some otherwise relatively progressive political parties absolutely embrace it for various reasons. That's part of why it's so insidious.