https://rairfoundation.com/big-broth...-action-video/
You'll notice that like all tyrannical governments, they are doing it "for the children".
I might add that some could claim that by posting a msg on KubuntuForums I am "chatting", ergo, they would demand that this forum filter the content of all messages and report those that fit some criteria to some legal authority.
There are ways around even this dystopian scheme. For example, one could open a mailbox, say on Protonmail, and share the login name and password with a selected set of people. One could log on, create a new mail IN DRAFT, but never send it. The recipient could log on later, read a/o C&P the contents locally, then delete the draft and empty the trash. Another way would be to install FreeNet and create a "friends" connection, which is encrypted end to end, through which files could be exchanged, or with IPFS.
Here is an except of the law and proposals:
You'll notice that like all tyrannical governments, they are doing it "for the children".
I might add that some could claim that by posting a msg on KubuntuForums I am "chatting", ergo, they would demand that this forum filter the content of all messages and report those that fit some criteria to some legal authority.
There are ways around even this dystopian scheme. For example, one could open a mailbox, say on Protonmail, and share the login name and password with a selected set of people. One could log on, create a new mail IN DRAFT, but never send it. The recipient could log on later, read a/o C&P the contents locally, then delete the draft and empty the trash. Another way would be to install FreeNet and create a "friends" connection, which is encrypted end to end, through which files could be exchanged, or with IPFS.
Here is an except of the law and proposals:
Mandatory Surveillance
A majority of the Members of the European Parliament adopted the chat control regulation on July 6, 2021, allowing providers to scan communications voluntarily. So far, only some unencrypted US services such as Gmail, Meta/Facebook Messenger, and X-Box apply chat control voluntarily. But this is not the end of the story.
The European Commission announced that it would propose follow-up legislation that will make the use of chat control mandatory for all email and messenger providers. This legislation will be presented on March 30, 2022, and would also apply to so far securely end-to-end encrypted communications services.
MEP and civil liberties defender Patrick Breyer (German Pirate Party) explains that if the EU mandates backdoor access in end-to-end encrypted messaging to scan for suspicious content, it is only a small further step to mandate such backdoors for law enforcement interception. Furthermore, this would break end-to-end encryption altogether and expose personal, business, and state secrets to foreign intelligence services and hackers.
Thirty-nine international civil rights organizations are warning against the planned removal of chat room encryption. Destroying safe communications channels would endanger whistleblowers and risk the life of dissidents in dictatorial regimes such as Hong Kong and Belarus.
Therefore, Breyer explains, it may not come as a surprise at this point, given the trajectory of civil rights in the Anglosphere, that the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance ( UK, U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) now also advocate for chat-control legislation to undermine encryption.
A majority of the Members of the European Parliament adopted the chat control regulation on July 6, 2021, allowing providers to scan communications voluntarily. So far, only some unencrypted US services such as Gmail, Meta/Facebook Messenger, and X-Box apply chat control voluntarily. But this is not the end of the story.
The European Commission announced that it would propose follow-up legislation that will make the use of chat control mandatory for all email and messenger providers. This legislation will be presented on March 30, 2022, and would also apply to so far securely end-to-end encrypted communications services.
This would require the messaging app (WhatsApp or Signal, for example) to create a hash value (digital fingerprint) of the content to be sent, which would then be compared against a database of allegedly illegal content. If the algorithm reports a hit, the message would not be sent and would be reported to law enforcement authorities.
Threatening End-to-End Encrypted MessagingMEP and civil liberties defender Patrick Breyer (German Pirate Party) explains that if the EU mandates backdoor access in end-to-end encrypted messaging to scan for suspicious content, it is only a small further step to mandate such backdoors for law enforcement interception. Furthermore, this would break end-to-end encryption altogether and expose personal, business, and state secrets to foreign intelligence services and hackers.
Thirty-nine international civil rights organizations are warning against the planned removal of chat room encryption. Destroying safe communications channels would endanger whistleblowers and risk the life of dissidents in dictatorial regimes such as Hong Kong and Belarus.
Therefore, Breyer explains, it may not come as a surprise at this point, given the trajectory of civil rights in the Anglosphere, that the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance ( UK, U.S., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand) now also advocate for chat-control legislation to undermine encryption.
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