BREAKING NEWS
EU Should Not Pass Chat Control: Why It’s a Threat to Online Freedom
The European Union is considering a new proposal to regulate online messaging platforms, including WhatsApp, Facebook Messenger, and Skype, by requiring them to implement end-to-end encryption and provide law enforcement with access to user data. However, experts warn that this move could have disastrous consequences for online freedom and privacy.
Why EU Should Not Pass Chat Control
- Privacy Concerns: Requiring messaging platforms to provide access to user data would undermine the very purpose of end-to-end encryption, which is to protect users’ privacy. This would leave users vulnerable to hacking, surveillance, and data breaches.
- Lack of Transparency: The proposal does not provide sufficient transparency on how user data would be handled, including how it would be stored, shared, and deleted. This lack of transparency raises serious concerns about the potential for abuse and misuse of user data.
- Impact on Journalism and Whistleblowing: The proposal could have a chilling effect on investigative journalism and whistleblowing, as sources may be less likely to come forward knowing that their communications could be monitored and traced back to them.
- Unintended Consequences: The proposal could have unintended consequences, such as creating a black market for encrypted messaging apps, making it difficult for law enforcement to track down criminals, and creating a culture of mistrust among citizens.
- Alternative Solutions: Instead of imposing stricter regulations, the EU could focus on developing alternative solutions, such as improving cooperation between law enforcement agencies and messaging platforms, and providing training for law enforcement officials on how to use encrypted messaging apps.
The Consequences of EU Passing Chat Control
- Loss of Online Freedom: The proposal would curtail online freedom and hinder the ability of citizens to communicate privately and securely.
- Erosion of Trust: The proposal would erode trust between citizens and the EU, as citizens would lose faith in the ability of the EU to protect their privacy and security.
- Negative Impact on Economy: The proposal could have a negative impact on the economy, as messaging platforms may be forced to relocate to countries with more favorable regulatory environments, resulting in job losses and economic instability.
What You Can Do
- Contact Your MEPs: Reach out to your Members of the European Parliament and express your concerns about the proposal.
- Sign Petitions: Sign petitions and join campaigns that oppose the proposal and advocate for online freedom and privacy.
- Stay Informed: Stay informed about the proposal and its implications by following reputable sources and experts in the field.
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Disclaimer: This is not professional advice and should not be a substitute for such. Please upvote to this could reach more people.
Backdoors have been allowed for phone calls for decades. If a court gives the police a legal warrant they can physically attach a listing device to track your phone conversations (note: this is what used happen many years ago). So pretty much every politician thinks that something similar should also extend to services that offer end to end encryption.
So why is it a bad idea? People hack into companies, so they could also be able to hack into that backdoor and abuse it.
In some countries where surveillance laws similar to that exist the police have spied on people for:
- Loud dogs barking
- Illegal feeding of pigeons
- Spying on parents to see if they lived close enough to their school.
Well, maybe the shouldn't have illegally fed those pigeons, but was that worth potentially allowing let's say the Russian intelligence service to access almost every encrypted data?
People say "if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear": Yeah I'm 100% sure you are happy with your countries local laws, but would you know for certain that you will be happy with a law that is made in 10 years?
What if a country invades your country and then implements a government that and passes a law which doesn't allow for example cats and they have access to a backdoor so they can imprison or fine anyone who ever owned a cat because they can see your messages thanks to a backdoor that we implemented.
What if your country is able to spy on people and have them arrested for being or not being part of a religion?
All the potential issues could arise later on if we pass a law like this, all for what? To catch people illegally feeding pigeons? Because that's what was it used for in certain countries that have these laws.
As Tom Scott once said "Nothing to hide only works if the people in power share the values of you and everyone you know entirely.". A rogue employee could target their ex for example, ruining their life. This law would mean that almost every law enforcement higher up could destroy a persons life.
Would the price be worth it for stopping some bad things from happening? No. This is not the solution. The main thing the police needs is better funding not more data. A certain individual who committed a very bad act (who I will not name to avoid being removed by reddit's filters) was reported to the police 5 times, no one took action because no one investigated it in time. They had more than enough information, just not enough staff and funding to investigate.
What does this law do? It prevents bad people from using popular end to end encrypted services. Is that actually true? Well, the popular part of it yes they will most likely stop using those. But they can just use less popular ones or make their own in 5 minutes.
Does this sound reasonable: "We, the EU Council hereby determine that we'd like to stop preventing bad things". That sounds very great until you hear the details and what I just explained.
So is this law even legal?
The short answer is, no. The long answer is, also no. (not legal advice)
- Universal Declaration of Human Rights Article 12: "No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy…" (https://www.un.org/sites/un2.un.org/files/2021/03/udhr.pdf)
- "No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed…", they are compromising our security (so basically punishing us) for a crime that most people who use end to end encryption hasn't committed. (https://www.un.org/en/genocideprevention/documents/atrocity-crimes/Doc.33_GC-IV-EN.pdf)
So what can we do?
If you agree with my conclusion and you live in the EU you could talk to your local representative to vote no. Find your representatives here: https://www.europarl.europa.eu/meps/en/search/advanced
Hopefully the news will cover this and we can finally stop this nonsense.
What will happen now?
Apparently (this may not be accurate) the EU council voted to pass this with a 80% majority vote.
So now this should go to the parliament where the representatives will vote.
So we need to stop this fast.
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the last bit of your post is something i or others cant confirm. many have been waiting for this day to hear the news, but nothing. as if this was a giant hoax.
i hope the law wont pass and that our privacy will be valued more
Why do we need privacy+security?
**Because the government shouldn’t have anything to hide.**
Just imagine Hitler/Stalin—state control today. Virtually, theoretically, practically NOBODY will be able to do anything. We are close there.
This law is completely crazy. Straight out of 1984. It will impose age/ID verification all over the place. It will require breaking TLS as that’s the only way they can scan a URL and the content. Backdoors will likely come in the form of automatic security updates.
Go tell ‘m
Chat Control is the biggest breach of privacy in recent history!
It’s a disgusting law, being pushed through under the guise of “protecting the children”, in order to be able to scan everything from everyone.
Europe pretends to be good, but actually it’s an evil institution that is hellbound on eroding our privacy and controlling us.
Chat Control to read all our messages, scan all our images and videos, look into all our chats.
Europe Digital ID to know what sites we visit and to control where we’re allowed to log into and where not. They will be able to block us from accessing social media, access to our medical or bank data, etc.
They’re still allowing new COVID medication like combined vaccines for covid and the flu to pass via the emergency approval they opened up for covid 4 years ago. In other words, these medicines are put to market without needing extensive safety trials or risk analysis.
European Digital Euro that will allow them to see every single transaction you make. See every source of income you have. They’re planning to make the CDBC money programmable so it has an expiry date, or so they can steer your purchasing. Want to buy meat? Oh, no, sorry, no can do. You already bought a lot of meat this month, you have now reached your CO2 budget quota.
The list goes on.
But the EU will pass chat control, the future planned for the entire Western world is the same as China. That is what awaits unless humanity wakes up from the indoctrinated lie of “authority”.
This sounds very Anti-GDPR