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German Interior Minister Wants to Force Messaging Services to Decrypt
- Arbalest 7y agoWelcome to Australia https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislation/Bills_Search_Results/Result?bId=r6195 https://www.aph.gov.au/Parliamentary_Business/Bills_Legislat...
- tamalesfan 7y agoI've reached the conclusion that the Internet is unworkable in Europe. Change my mind.
- sliken 7y agoSo it will be illegal to use Whisper systems Signal? Is there any mechanism for Germany to influence corporations outside of Germany?
- luckylion 7y ago> So it will be illegal to use Whisper systems Signal? No. If Whisper systems didn't comply, they'd be blocked. > Is there any mechanism for Germany to influence corporations outside of Germany? Well, if they're in a EU country, there are plenty. For non-EU: not so much. Seehofer is known to make outlandish proposals, however. It's likely just a way to start the debate and position himself/his party as "tough on crime" before tomorrow's EU election in Germany. I don't believe that it will happen anywhere close to this, since Germany isn't a market so large you can't ignore it. Messengers will simply say "oh well", be blocked in Germany and Germans will be unhappy.
- NotSammyHagar 7y agoWhat about apps that are not being worked on or have services in Germany? What about signal? So those other apps could try to ignore court orders or something from random other countries, but how will this end up?
- luckylion 7y agoThey'd be "blocked" in Germany if this came to fruition.
- hwj 7y agoHow is this even possible with E2E encryption? Either me or Seehofer misunderstand something here.
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