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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 5 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 5 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 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

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

move along, citizen.

[-] Fiivemacs@lemmy.ca 36 points 5 months ago

I bet the communication they do on this topic is encrypted..

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 23 points 5 months ago

Of course. Rules for thee and not for me.

[-] RobotToaster@mander.xyz 11 points 5 months ago

I've long thought that if politicians want to see our whatsapp messages, all politicians' whatsapp messages should be published publicly.

[-] Kissaki@beehaw.org 22 points 5 months ago

Great extensive write-up.

Stefan Hector, a representative of the Swedish Police Authority, said that “a society cannot accept that criminals today have a space to communicate safely in order to commit serious crimes.” A week later, it was revealed that the Swedish police had been infiltrated and were leaking information to criminals.

🙃

[-] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 22 points 5 months ago

I thought the EU has been pretty good on privacy so far. Of course the US is trying to duck it up.

[-] t3rmit3@beehaw.org 35 points 5 months ago

The EU has been good on privacy against other actors. The EU is very bad when it comes to personal privacy from its constituent governments.

[-] Shyfer@ttrpg.network 6 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Ah. Well that sucks =(

[-] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 18 points 5 months ago

I've been with Mullvad for over a year at this point. This sort of analysis (as well as being able to mail cash) makes me feel confident that I made the right choice to ignore every entreaty (before SponsorBlock) about NordVPN.

NordVPN: We have the budget to pay influencers, and it's likely coming out of the U.S. Treasury.

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