cross-posted from: https://lemm.ee/post/60408809

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Additionally, the Commission envisions expanding Europol’s role, effectively transforming it into a European equivalent of the FBI, with enhanced operational capabilities.

Granting Europol the ability to access encrypted data can only mean one thing: Brussels is proposing some form of government-mandated backdoor for communication platforms protected by end-to-end encryption.

  • overload@sopuli.xyz
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    16 hours ago

    Exactly. Introducing vulnerabilities to everyone means that foreign powers will be able to use it to spy on EU citizens as well. Fucking bananas.

    • vane@lemmy.world
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      15 hours ago

      Maybe that’s the goal. Overall you don’t know who is lobbying the idea. You only see the press information.