Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise. Through a shady collaboration between the US and the EU.

Technology@beehaw.org – 192 points – 6 months ago

Under the slogan ‘Think of the children’, the European Commission tried to introduce total surveillance of all EU citizens. When the scandal was revealed, it turned out that American tech companies and security services had been involved in the bill, generally known as ‘Chat Control’ – and that the whole thing had been directed by completely different interests. Now comes the next attempt.

Nothing and I mean nothing will kill this faster than some leaked chats, emails, and browsing history of a few politicians.

new amendment to the rule: politicians are exempted from the backdoors because of national security and protection from terrorism.

move along, citizen.

I bet the communication they do on this topic is encrypted..

Of course. Rules for thee and not for me.

I've long thought that if politicians want to see our whatsapp messages, all politicians' whatsapp messages should be published publicly.

Great extensive write-up.

Stefan Hector, a representative of the Swedish Police Authority, said that “a society cannot accept that criminals today have a space to communicate safely in order to commit serious crimes.” A week later, it was revealed that the Swedish police had been infiltrated and were leaking information to criminals.

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I thought the EU has been pretty good on privacy so far. Of course the US is trying to duck it up.

The EU has been good on privacy against other actors. The EU is very bad when it comes to personal privacy from its constituent governments.

Ah. Well that sucks =(

I've been with Mullvad for over a year at this point. This sort of analysis (as well as being able to mail cash) makes me feel confident that I made the right choice to ignore every entreaty (before SponsorBlock) about NordVPN.

NordVPN: We have the budget to pay influencers, and it's likely coming out of the U.S. Treasury.