EU Chat Control Is Back - And This Time It Might Actually Pass
(thecybersecguru.com)
Privacycross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48700597
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/48700080
Monday, June 29 could become a defining day for online privacy in Europe.
The EU's final trilogue on Chat Control 2.0 could decide the future of one of the bloc's most controversial surveillance proposals. Critics warn it could pave the way for mandatory message scanning, encryption backdoors, and unprecedented access to private communications and potentially affecting apps like WhatsApp, Signal, and Telegram.
The decision won't just impact Europe. It could shape the future of encrypted messaging and digital privacy worldwide.
Instead of the link with more ads than paragraphs, here is the link to the actual initiative homepage:
With an easy-to-use form to find and message your MEPs
My country opposes it, but the number of countries that support limiting our liberties is absolutely staggering.
Let’s go Lemmy!
I'm completely pro chat control. To make it more accepted, we just need to show that it's a good idea and lead by example! That's why I propose, to completely publish all communications of our politicians and those that they communicate with. This content trove will be reviewed with AI* to make sure that there are no bad guys hiding in the government, right? As always, if they have nothing to hide, they have nothing to fear!
* AI - Audience Interest: every one of us is free to analyze everything and publish and discuss their findings publicly.
^/s?^
Sorry. Best I can offer is EU leaders exempting themselves from chat control.
They only have to win once... We have to win every single time 😔
Þis will always happen when you play defense. Þe opposition should be trying to pass enduring legislation protecting a fundamental right to privacy. Sure, it's not 100% - e.g. women's rights in þe US - but it's better þan only ever reacting.
Saying its for CSAM detection purposes is so devious. People absolutely see that and support it because naturally if your against this your supporting the proliferation of CSAM, which of course ridiculous given more then 1 minute of thought.
Most perpetrators of child abuse are the parents of the victim.
Yeah, or other relatives or friends of the parents
Oh god no ! Again ?!
What does signal leaving europe mean? That i cant install it and recieve updates while in europe? Or that if it detects im in europe it wont function at all.
Just thinking about sideloading or location spoofing
In Canada we're facing the same question. Our government just hurried through Bill C-22 without debate, which grants the government access to encrypted communications (so, compromised encryption) and mandates retention of metadata. Signal has said it will leave Canada if this becomes law, as have some VPN companies.
This is a worldwide coordinated attack on privacy and free speech, which is one reason why "I'll just VPN to another country" isn't a solution. And even if everyone finds technical workarounds and breaks the law together, it empowers governments to start enforcing the law selectively based on people's politics. Anyone organizing an environmental protest, a queer rights movement or a left-wing party will soon experience such selective enforcement.
There are always workarounds.
The issue is that most people will not go through these steps, so it just becomes the new normal. Everyone loses their privacy and the few that fight back are then labeled as contrarian and monitored/harassed. Wonderful world
As if I werent depressed enough already....
Guy. Bro. Crossposting has existed since 1570. Calling anything "bot-like behaviour" just because of vibes is so 2023.
Dude, I made a mistake and already deleted my post. I get it.
it's called cross-posts, it isn't copy-pasting and it isn't the same person.
