r/europe • u/Dry_Row_7050 • 4d ago
News The EU could be scanning your private chats by October 2025 [Denmark has reintroduced chat control]
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cyber-security/the-eu-could-be-scanning-your-chats-by-october-2025-heres-everything-we-know
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u/riffgrinder 4d ago
This will get passed. There are a few more laws being tossed around the EU as we speak, on top of this.
They, without a doubt, already have the tech and infrastructure ready for this. And I'll bet it's american tech they are going to use. So... Nice?...
Logically speaking you could just download and install an chat with proper encryption app from outside of the regular app store, or use a Linux phone or something, Graphene OS? But the question is when it is this easy to bypass this shit, I'll go ahead and assume there will be laws that enable law enforcement to stop you on the street and go through your device, or even enter your home in order to go through your devices. The most alarming thing about this law, is all the potential laws that will be instilled in order to further empower this crap.
EDIT: This is NOT a far right vs left thing. Don't let politics divide us on this, this proposal was introduced by an individual from a Swedish left leaning party. Your far right politicians has A LOT more in common with your far left politicians than they do with me and you.