Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption
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SPAIN HAS ADVOCATED banning encryption for hundreds of millions of people within the European Union, according to a leaked document obtained by WIRED that reveals strong support among EU member states for proposals to scan private messages for illegal content.
The document, a European Council survey of member countries’ views on encryption regulation, offered officials’ behind-the-scenes opinions on how to craft a highly controversial law to stop the spread of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) in Europe. The proposed law would require tech companies to scan their platforms, including users’ private messages, to find illegal material. However, the proposal from Ylva Johansson, the EU commissioner in charge of home affairs, has drawn ire from cryptographers, technologists, and privacy advocates for its potential impact on end-to-end encryption.
For years, EU states have debated whether end-to-end encrypted communication platforms, such as WhatsApp and Signal, should be protected as a way for Europeans to exercise a fundamental right to privacy—or weakened to keep criminals from being able to communicate outside the reach of law enforcement. Experts who reviewed the document at WIRED’s request say it provides important insight into which EU countries plan to support a proposal that threatens to reshape encryption and the future of online privacy.
Of the 20 EU countries represented in the document leaked to WIRED, the majority said they are in favor of some form of scanning of encrypted messages, with Spain’s position emerging as the most extreme. “Ideally, in our view, it would be desirable to legislatively prevent EU-based service providers from implementing end-to-end encryption,” Spanish representatives said in the document.
Full article https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/
What a nonsense, as if criminals would use social networks in the open to communicate, if they are not complete idiots.
Another stupidity by legislators ignorant of the subject, who correct a text in Word with Tip-Ex.>Laptop ACER, AMD Ryzen, GPU AMD Radeon RAM 16GB, SSD 512GB -Win11 Home 64 v24H2| Vivaldi last stable|
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@Catweazle said in Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption:
Another stupidity by legislators ignorant of the subject, who correct a text in Word with Tip-Ex.
They're not ignorant. This is simply a power grab. They're informed enough to know that this will reduce privacy, and this will make it easier for them to spy on us. That's the point.
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@Eggcorn said in Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption:
They're not ignorant. This is simply a power grab.
They are just scared by people with free thinking.
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Europe is becoming a problem for services with end-to-end encryption.
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@karymgg
I'm not so sure about that yet.Or to a pioneer.
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@Catweazle said in Leaked Government Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption:
Another stupidity by legislators ignorant of the subject, who correct a text in Word with Tip-Ex.
Nice description.
Think also, it is rather ignorance, testifies to unknowledge and of it the perhaps also complex matter not yet correctly to have penetrated.
