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[-] unexposedhazard@discuss.tchncs.de 56 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Around 99% of all chat reports sent to police in Europe come from a single US corporation: Meta. US tech giants are acting as private auxiliary police forces—without any effective European oversight.

Thats very interesting. Assuming that whatsapp is actually e2ee that means instagram, facebook and threads account for 99% of all chat reports. That means all dms on there have been getting scanned. Sounds like people should leave those platforms.

[-] lumen@feddit.nl 31 points 5 days ago

Not true for WhatsApp. It has a report function that forwards the last 5 messages in the conversation to Meta when used.

[-] bless@lemmy.ml 7 points 4 days ago

Could it be that the client (who has the keys to decrypt the message) just forwards those messages when the report is sent?

[-] lumen@feddit.nl 1 points 3 days ago

Yes, that’s exactly how it works.

Didnt know that, i think i havent used it for over a decade.

[-] Coleslaw4145@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago

Or maybe people are mislead by (and putting to much trust in) the term "end-to-end encryption"

Sure its encrypted in transit between you and the person you're exchanging messages with.

But that doesnt mean the Whatsapp app itself isnt scanning your chats on the phone.

[-] RblScmNerfHerder@lemmy.world 1 points 4 days ago

Yep. Ugh, garbage companies!

[-] MentalEdge@sopuli.xyz 39 points 5 days ago

Thank fuck.

For now.

[-] RedGreenBlue@lemmy.zip 30 points 4 days ago

The push for Chat Control is heavily driven by foreign-funded lobby groups and tech vendors.

[-] Scrollone@feddit.it 9 points 4 days ago

You don't say!

[-] huf@hexbear.net 3 points 4 days ago

skill issue. have they thought about passing a "russian" (oooooh scary!) NGO law?

[-] XTL@sopuli.xyz 16 points 5 days ago

It'll be back.

[-] Twongo@lemmy.ml 5 points 4 days ago

isn´t this like the 3rd time already? lol I talked to a few MEPs about chat control and other stuff - while the focus was on chat control the EU got this shit sneakily approved

[-] hhg@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 4 days ago

Why is that bad? The linked article barely says anything

[-] 1984@lemmy.today 5 points 4 days ago

Comes back again and again.

[-] asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev 8 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Once again. In a few months, they'll do the same and this will repeat until the law passes.

[-] voxel@feddit.uk 8 points 4 days ago

You didn't even understand the context. It's about a law that already passed as temporarily and is about to run out.

[-] Fossifoo@hexbear.net 2 points 4 days ago

"Pressure is now mounting on EU governments to respect the MEPs’ vote" I do love Patrick for all the good work he does but doubt

[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 6 points 4 days ago

To do this effectively, they'd have to ban facebook/whatsapp, which are the two most popular chat apps in Europe.

[-] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 3 points 4 days ago

not really. there are several ways they could implement it

[-] Tenderizer78@lemmy.ml 3 points 4 days ago

Is this AI generated?

It has an m-dash and uses the phrase "hard facts".

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