> So if I understand correctly, this will be the end of E2E encryption? No, that is not what the law is about. Nobody in the EU is about to prohibit encryption

> So if I understand correctly, this will be the end of E2E encryption? No, that is not what the law is about. Nobody in the EU is about to prohibit encryption, in fact some projects rely on it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIDAS https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EIDAS). The law lifts the prohibition to service providers to indiscriminately scan messages for the specific purpose of scanning for dangerous content. The idea that service providers will not be able to provide E2E encryption is speculative, some people just assume it will follow. In any case relying on proprietary software for secure communication is not a good idea anyway, and you can still do E2E encryption yourself with open source software, nobody is going to come for you if you do. I don't support this law by the way, I think that privacy regulation is a good thing, and it is not a good reason to weaken it.