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The EU initiative Going Dark has now been launched by the EU Commission. They call it ProtectEU. It’s a rebranding of Chat Control. New name. Same old propaganda. The EU Commission’s goal is to “access encrypted data in a lawful manner, safeguarding cybersecurity and fundamental rights.” Read the full release from the Commission here: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52025PC0148
  • Wobble@lemmy.dbzer0.com
    12·
    20 hours ago

    Its laughable that they talk about needing secure communication and security:

    Our lives have become less secure, and this is increasingly felt by Europeans, whose perception of safety and security in the EU has been eroded to the point that, when asked about the future, 64 percent tend to be worried about the EU’s security.

    Trust and secure handling are essential for information sharing, and this requires reliable and secure infrastructure

    Investments in interoperable secure systems and reliable technology will reinforce the EU’s autonomy and strengthen the EU’s ability to manage crises and ensure operational resilience

    And then making sure that there is no such thing as secure communication ever again.

    the Commission will prioritise an assessment of the impact of data retention rules at EU level and the preparation of a Technology Roadmap on encryption, to identify and assess technological solutions that would enable law enforcement authorities to access encrypted data in a lawful manner, safeguarding cybersecurity and fundamental rights.

    Basically, not a single person will have a right to any form of digital privacy. Any and all data is entirely open to being sucked up and harvested by whoever damn well pleases. If the good guys have keys to your encrypted data then anyone can have the keys to your encrypted data.

    At the same time we are hearing that the EU wants to gut GDPR. So long as a company is ‘small’ who cares what they do.

    Nothing will stop a bunch of tiny ‘companies’ all under some american monster or everyone at all involved in the advertising business can go on hoovering up and building whatever they like, whenever they damn well please.

    All of this throws manure in the face of fundamental european freedoms:

    Article 7: Respect for private and family life. Everyone has the right to respect for his or her private and family life, home and communications.

    Article 8: Protection of personal data. Everyone has the right to the protection of personal data concerning him or her.

    Can’t wait for the good-guy-law-enforcement in a putin-loving hostile-to-EU-interests state decides they need my communications because I shared a meme of how much a sack of shit Orban is.

    • marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      2·
      18 hours ago

      I want to ask the same question I ask every time this comes up: how will they “ban” encryption?

      Sure, they can ban the signal/session/simplex app from the app stores in the continent. Doesn’t prevent you from just downloading the APK/using any FOSS store like F-Droid and accrescent though.

      The only problem I can see is that people are idiots and will go along with this, and then share confidential information with you, who is trying to maintain good digital privacy and hygiene, and by extension shine a spotlight on your behaviour to alert the local police force that you’re trying to have a private digital life. I try to be strict with my family about these things but both the older and young folk don’t care at all.