Key EU parliament comitee took stance towards protecting end-to-end encryption, and no device scanning. A possible win for privacy - eviltoast
This Month, The EU Parliament Can Take Action To Stop The Attack On Encryption
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A key European parliamentary committee has taken an important step to defend user privacy, including end-to-end encryption. The Committee on Civil Liberties, Justice and Home Affairs (LIBE) has politically agreed on much-needed amendments to a proposed regulation that, in its original form, would...

Thanks to more than 100 civil society groups joined us in speaking out against this proposal. So did thousands of individuals who signed the petition demanding that the EU “Stop Scanning Me.”

The LIBE comity has changed it’s stance towards the on device scanning and message scanning.

The text is not final, but scheduled to confirm the new agreement on the 13th of November.

  • asudox@lemmy.worldEnglish
    14·
    1 year ago

    I thought they were on to do something with that article 45 that has something to do with CA certificates. When did they go back and decide not to do it?

    • tony@lemmy.hoyle.me.ukEnglish
      102·
      1 year ago

      That one is a lost battle, alas. We’ll have to hack our browsers to make them secure, or download them via VPNs from the US.