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Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU. (mullvad.net)
submitted 7 months ago by kbal@fedia.io to c/technology@beehaw.org
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Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens. When the scandal was revealed, it turned out that American tech companies and security services had been involved in the bill, generally known as ‘Chat Control’ – and that the whole thing had been directed by completely different interests. Now comes the next attempt.

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[-] chahk@beehaw.org 44 points 7 months ago

Nothing and I mean nothing will kill this faster than some leaked chats, emails, and browsing history of a few politicians.

[-] umbrella@lemmy.ml 37 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

new amendment to the rule: politicians are exempted from the backdoors because of national security and protection from terrorism.

move along, citizen.

this post was submitted on 21 May 2024
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