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EU Possibly Emerging As One Of The Greatest Threats To Privacy (www.webpronews.com)

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As part of its efforts, the bloc has repeatedly introduced its Chat Control legislation, aimed at weakening the encryption that protects messaging services and force providers to provide a client-side backdoor for law enforcement.

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[-] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 0 points 1 week ago

I never said the EU is perfect

I am saying that, privacy wise, the EU is better than any other place in the world

[-] surph_ninja@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Privacy from companies? Kinda. Privacy from government surveillance? Absolutely the fuck not.

https://brusselssignal.eu/2025/04/european-commission-pushes-for-encryption-backdoors/

this post was submitted on 02 Apr 2025

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