Just learned that the EU may force all email and messenger providers to break E2E encryption: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/message-screening/
3 years ago · 👍 cobradile94
https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/message-screening/
@mntn even if they implement it, it'll be like those upload filters. unless you spin a business and make €€€ it's largely irrelevant. fedi sure doesn't care. the eu still doesn't get quite how the internet works. the more surveillance you implement, the more diverse and fragmented it becomes. that leads to spending a lot of time trying to regulate tiny markets until the European court stops it · 3 years ago
@maria here's hoping they don't end up implementing it. As I see it the main blocker is probably Matrix, as France and maybe Germany use it officially for secure communications. · 3 years ago
all of this is awfully theoretical. because at the same time the same bunch are passing laws in n the health sector that completely go 180 degrees. you cannot do both. also it's no secret that the big 3 mail providers read your mail. however to crack open any encrypted message is something the user decides, as they encrypt it. I think the law wouldn't find anyone they make it for, just cost a fortune.... · 3 years ago
There are many sources in the article that are against it, mostly privacy organizations (and mostly regarding the first round of regulations). Not much from anyone but privacy watchdogs. Here is a piece from last year: https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/EU-Regierungen-planen-Verbot-sicherer-Verschluesselung-4951415.html · 3 years ago
https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/EU-Regierungen-planen-Verbot-sicherer-Verschluesselung-4951415.html
In the wake of the Apple photo scanning scandal, I'm surprised that this doesn't get more attention. I've always seen the EU as a bulwark against this sort of encroachment, but I guess that era is over. · 3 years ago