The EU does not want to ban encryption, because it is the backbone of e-commerce and banking. There are plenty of public references that show the EU's explicit support of strong encryption.
What some law-and-order types (globally) want, is the means to scan, peek, or otherwise access private communication, especially if that communication is provided by a service used by millions. You can encrypt all you like, but if you use WhatsApp or Signal, laws like these force those services to create a way to eavesdrop. How is probably not defined in the law. Client-side scanning before encryption, having those services act as men-in-the-middle for each conversation; this is all fine, and can use encryption as usual. As long as certain agencies get to have a peek somewhere between those strongly encrypted tunnels.
Freak_NL|1 year ago
What some law-and-order types (globally) want, is the means to scan, peek, or otherwise access private communication, especially if that communication is provided by a service used by millions. You can encrypt all you like, but if you use WhatsApp or Signal, laws like these force those services to create a way to eavesdrop. How is probably not defined in the law. Client-side scanning before encryption, having those services act as men-in-the-middle for each conversation; this is all fine, and can use encryption as usual. As long as certain agencies get to have a peek somewhere between those strongly encrypted tunnels.
effie|1 year ago