This would probably fit in better in the technology community and I’m pretty sure it has been shared already, so sorry for the duplicate, especially since it was already on the !privacyguides@lemmy.one and and !europe@feddit.de communities.
I found it interesting because just a few months ago The Linux Experiment made a video that I shared and, while that video was talking about laws in France that I believed at the time would lead to eventually banning encrypted apps it now appears that the possibility of that is now looming over us…moreso after what happened in Arras.
Edit (in French) https://www.numerama.com/tech/1533652-attaque-a-arras-darmanin-vise-les-messageries-et-leur-chiffrement.html
Yes, the attack in Arras is being used as a reason to consider banning encrypted chat apps like Signal and WhatsApp.
Really disappointing to see this coming from the EU, I expected better from them
This needs more visibility
The author of the post is on Mastodon and is following the votes.
https://digitalcourage.social/@echo_pbreyer/111227503462181100
It looks like there could be a “blocking minority” but I’m just parroting because I have no clue of that is something to celebrate or just a false hope.
Looking forward to the flood of lawsuits to strike this thing down, just as any other proposal that goes on thisndirecto
Some of the encrypted chat providers can already read messages, so no skin off their backs.
How can this be enforced?
It can’t be enforced outside of their borders. And it’s barely enforceable inside of them. Matrix chat will probably get more popular. Proton, and other private email services, will still exist. This seems like people who don’t understand tech trying to regulate it.
ETA: if you think this is enforceable, look at how common piracy still is despite it being illegal in most places. VPNs, onion routing, alternative DNS, etc.
legalize math!
