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by immibis
343 days ago
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That's pretty much exactly why. The EU is structured in a way where various groups keep proposing things and the elected representatives keep voting against them. There's no law saying they can't keep proposing the same things that keep getting rejected, so, they do. We have this exact same post multiple times a year, where an EU body proposes a bad encryption law and everyone gets angry about how authoritarian the EU is. And then everyone forgets about it before the elected representatives get to vote on it and they vote to reject it, but that doesn't get to the front page so it doesn't give everyone the opposite emotions. Also, end-to-end encryption is a challenge to law enforcement - idk why you think that's a meme. If they could just spy on all citizens 24/7, they could solve crime so much more easily! (Now that's a meme) |
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From the article:
> Next year, the EU Commission is set to present a Technology Roadmap on encryption to identify and evaluate decrypting solutions. These technologies are expected to equip Europol officers from 2030.
> Now, lawmakers promise to be committed to finding the right balance between "allowing for efficient and future-proof solutions to facilitate law enforcement’s lawful access to digital information, while respecting the right to privacy and maintaining high levels of cybersecurity," said EU Commissioner for Internal Affairs and Migration, Magnus Brunner.
Basically the status now is "we've heard that most people think it is a really shitty idea, but we really, really think we can make it work and are going to come up with how! Just give us some time!"
It is misguided, wasted money and effort, and deserves to be called out as such; The chances of it actually being implemented are very, very small, however.