EP rejects mass scanning of private messages - European Digital Rights (EDRi)
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This marks a positive development for human rights in one of the most controversial draft European Union (EU) laws in recent memory.
  • RaoulDook@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    11 months ago

    Maybe they finally researched enough to understand that it was impossible to backdoor messaging encryption without compromising its security permanently, like everyone who knows enough about it was already telling them.

    • taladar@feddit.deEnglish
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      11 months ago

      And when you say “was already telling them” what you really mean is “has been constantly telling them since the first time this came up in politics in the 90s”. This is not ignorance, this is deliberate.

    • Pringles@lemm.eeEnglish
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      11 months ago

      I did. The European Parliament has its faults, but they usually make sensible decisions in the interest of the EU citizens.

      • ErilElidor@feddit.deEnglish
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        11 months ago

        Right. It’s often the European commission that comes up with insane ideas which are then reported as “it will probably happen”, before the parliament votes it down.