I love this part also. The #CSAM regulation proposal is full of how it is all great for privacy, and then it hits you with this. Apparently this is scanning of all OUR photos, not of theirs: patrick-breyer.de/wp-content/u…
#YlvaJohansson's department specifically targeted people in member states that had been critical of her proposal but excluded people who are likely to value #privacy.
The European Commission wants to turn digital communication apps, such as WhatsApp, iMessage, Instagram, TikTok and X, into mass surveillance tools so that digital communications of all EU citizens, including their live conversations, photos and vide…
Today, two open letters from academics on the scientific arguments against the current #CSS (client side scanning) initiatives have been released:
* The first (in English, internationally coordinated) one is online at tinyurl.com/CSAScientistsLette… and still open for additional signatures.
* The second (in German, by #Austrian academics) one is online at ins.jku.at/chatcontrol/ and explicitly includes law experts in addition to the arguments from a security, privacy, and AI perspective.
This debate is expected to gain new steam with #Spain taking over the EU council presidency, given recently leaked statements like "Ideally, in our view, it would be desirable to legislatively prevent EU-based service providers from implementing end-to-end encryption" (wired.co.uk/article/europe-bre…).
Please boost on any channels you deem adequate. The discussion is still open, and we have little time to bring it to a more rational level.
In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”
#ChatControl #OnlineSafetyBill #EarnIt - Lots of politicians want to undermine encryption once again. When will they ever learn that a "backdoor for the good guys only" is simply not possible?
Politiker wollen wieder einmal die Verschlüsselung untergraben. Wann werden sie jemals lernen, dass eine "Hintertür nur für die Guten" einfach nicht möglich ist?
🇬🇧🚨🤥 In order to blackmail lawmakers into agreeing to the totalitarian #ChatControl #CSAM scanner, EU Home Affairs Commissioner @YlvaJohansson at a conference just openly lied in the face of ministers.
The End of the Privacy of Digital Correspondence
The EU wants to oblige providers to search all private chats, messages, and emails automatically for suspicious content - generally and indiscriminately.
Must-read from @iverna1@twitter.com: The EU 👁#ChatControl #CSAM #MassSurveillance proposal "would actually make everyone in the EU, including children, less safe", "break #encryption" and "open the door for authoritarian governments around the world". politico.eu/article/europe-onl… (1/2)
