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Europe proposes backdoors in encrypted platforms under new security strategy

c/europe · u/schizoidman@lemm.ee · 76 points

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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.

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u/multiplewolves@lemmy.world · 48 points

security researchers have repeatedly demonstrated that implementing so-called "lawful" backdoors is inherently flawed as such vulnerabilities would inevitably be discovered, accessed, and exploited by cybercriminals and black-hat hackers.

Yes, that. Every time this comes up, it requires a rehashing of just how dramatically bad it is as a practice. There’s no such thing as a “back door only for the good guys”

Notably, the European Commission makes no mention of new partnership initiatives with the United States.

Probably wise.

u/nicerdicer@feddit.org · 13 points

It's basically the *Chatkontrolle* (Chat Control - wiretapping into ones communications under the guise of child protection and terrorism), that was prevented successfully so far, but with a different name. This ist just another attempt to introduce mass surveillance.