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Chat Control 2.0: EU governments set to approve the end of private messaging and secure encryption (www.patrick-breyer.de)

submitted 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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This would probably fit in better in the technology community and I'm pretty sure it has been shared already, so sorry for the duplicate, especially since it was already on the [email protected] and and [email protected] communities.

I found it interesting because just a few months ago The Linux Experiment made a video that I shared and, while that video was talking about laws in France that I believed at the time would lead to eventually banning encrypted apps it now appears that the possibility of that is now looming over us...moreso after what happened in Arras.

Edit (in French) https://www.numerama.com/tech/1533652-attaque-a-arras-darmanin-vise-les-messageries-et-leur-chiffrement.html

Yes, the attack in Arras is being used as a reason to consider banning encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I hope this won't effect protonmail.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

Proton is a Swiss entity, so while they may have to change how they work where a law like this is in effect, they could continue to offer the same e2e encryption for Swiss and other markets.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Obligatory warning: Protonmail offers zero protection against orders issued to Protonmail to spy on any target.

They serve you the JavaScript used for encryption, you have no way of checking whether it's the same they serve everyone else, or whether your version has a backdoor.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Exactly! I always wondered about that particular issue.

Although, if one encrypt themself their email through GPG or other means before sending it, it's almost a non issue excepting metadata (sender, receiving email address, timestamp, etc.).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

It's not a chat service..