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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.

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[–] [email protected] 74 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

They never give up. After a bill attempt is buried, a new one is prepared just weeks afterwards.

[–] [email protected] 38 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 27 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

That's their strategy. When everyone is too tired to fight, they will get it through

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

or like the anti-pirate bill from a few years back that had more votes than politicians and no one gave a shit or even remembers that little insane corruption.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

Need a source on this one, I want to read up on this.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Sounds like a backdoor in democracy that needs closing.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago