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Patrick Breyer and Pirate Party lose EU Parliament seats (stackdiary.com)
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Patrick Breyer, a staunch defender of digital rights, laments the Pirate Party’s exit from the EU Parliament as a blow to online privacy.

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[–] 44 points 2 years ago (7 children)

Just to make things clear, the pirate party isn't directly related to piracy. There are ongoing efforts to render end-to-end encryption illegal in Europe as we speak. Dark times are coming

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  • [–] -3 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    There are ongoing efforts to render end-to-end encryption illegal in Europe as we speak.

    I can't imagine how you stop all end to end encryption across a continent while you're exiting the continent-wide governing body.

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Who's exiting? They will just ban any non-compliant messaging app

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    They whom? Is every country going to have it's own national firewall, complete with highly sophisticated SMS-only encryption detecting service?

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    The EU plans to do so and as such every member must follow it.

    And once encryption is criminalized, it can be trivially detected - or at least assumed to be encrypted if your message is sufficiently random.

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