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Does it matter if strong encryption is being eroded on the EU level?
by Hamuko 5y ago
Does it matter if strong encryption is being eroded on the EU level?
- cm2187 5y agoMy thinking. Not sure how they will translate “right to encryption” into law, but if they mean right to E2E encrypted correspondence, then german law will be on a collision course with EU laws in development. If that happens it will be interesting to compare the debate with what happened with Poland this year.
- mantas 5y agoThere's already a case where EU and German law clashed. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/german-court-dismisses-legal-challenge-against-eus-fund.html https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/21/german-court-dismisses-legal...
- AnssiH 5y agoDespite some people pushing for it, I'd say we are very far from EU eroding strong encryption. The support just isn't there. I know there are claims that EU is on the verge of banning E2E, but they seem to be, AFAICS, exaggerated or unfounded.
- GekkePrutser 5y agoIt is a recurring topic on Hacker News though recently. Here's a story from Mailbox.org which is another German email provider focused on Privacy, just like Tutanota: https://mailbox.org/en/post/chat-control-the-latest-eu-plans-to-outlaw-encryption-and-introduce-telecommunications-surveillance?nl https://mailbox.org/en/post/chat-control-the-latest-eu-plans... And here a more detailed site: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/messaging-and-chat-control/ https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/messaging-and-chat-co... Not sure if this is indeed exaggerated or unfounded and I hope it is. I heard it was taken off the agenda but that was more of a "for now", with plans to revisit it next year.