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[–] 56 points 2 months ago* (4 children)

In case you don't know what 1.0 does:

What is it?

A temporary derogation from the ePrivacy Directive that allowed (but did not require) providers to scan private messages of unsuspected users for potential child sexual abuse material.

Is scanning mandatory?

No — voluntary. In practice used mainly by unencrypted US services such as Gmail, Facebook/Instagram Messenger, Skype, Snapchat, iCloud Mail, and Xbox.

Does it touch encrypted messages?

No. End-to-end encrypted communications were never scanned but providers could deploy client-side scanning under this law.

Status today

Back in force. After expiring on 4 April 2026, it was reinstated on 9 July 2026 when Parliament failed to reach the absolute majority of 361 MEPs needed to reject the Council's fast-tracked "new" law. Only 314 MEPs voted to reject it, so suspicionless mass scanning is permitted to continue until 2028.

https://fightchatcontrol.eu/chat-control-overview

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  • [–] 12 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 child)

    Also important to note I think is that Chat Control 1.0 was enacted in July 2021. It was meant to be a temporary stop-gap solution until CSAR aka Chat Control 2.0 would be negotiated as a more permanent solution. 1.0 already got extended in 2024 to April 2026 when CSAR wasn't progressing.

    So they just reinstated the temporary solution that has already been there for 5 years.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    This is important. Basically, nothing changes. The parties that wanted to (Meta, Google, Microsoft) have already been doing it for the last 5 years.

    I'm not defending it, I've been screaming about it every time 2.0 was discussed, especially with people who I know refuse to move away from M$ and Meta, but apparently they don't care that much.

    I just hope they will settle on 1.0 passing and fuck off with it being mandatory, so I have at least some place to chat and keep my data.

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago* (1 child)

    AKA: it does in fact impact E2EE because it allow a thirdy party to read the messages in plain text which E2EE does not like

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  • [–] -4 points 2 months ago (2 children)

    What third party? It says "providers". So WhatsApp can scan messages you send in WhatsApp. Who's the third party here?

    BTW no provider is doing this.

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