EU Possibly Emerging As One Of The Greatest Threats To Privacy
EU Possibly Emerging As One Of The Greatest Threats To Privacy
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.
It is a big difference to confuse the lack of privacy when an gov can access userdata in the case of an court order with the lack of privacy when private companies can spread and sell userdata. The difference is the right of the user to access and delete his data, which exists by law in the EU, but not in the USA. The EU is far from perfect, but lightyears better in questions of privacy
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No, it's not even close to one of the greatest threats. Of course it's up to shady s***, of that there can be no doubt, but it's not ranked in the top five.
Classic baitclick.
If anyone were really worried about privacy, all internet related companies would be in bankruptcy. Apple? Meta? Google? SnapChat? Reddit? You name it, their whole purpose is collecting the personal data of their users.
The title is missing a second part: "after China, the US, Russia, the UK, etc.".
I get that privacy is potentially in danger if chatcontrol passes (ie. it's not right now) and that to raise awareness is worthwhile, but misrepresenting one of the best places privacy-wise as "one of the greatest threats" is just dishonest.
The EU is interesting because there is the GDPR that has good data privacy protection but then they keep bringing up chat control which completely undermines privacy
"They" being some proponents starting with Ylva Johansson, but it's also true that they have never had a majority to actually make chat control happen. They keep trying, but "they" are not the EU as a whole.
Because they support limited privacy from corporations, but zero privacy from government. The neoliberals don’t consider that a double standard.
None of those countries are trying to dismantle encryption entirely so no, I disagree.
Well, the UK sure is trying, and the US was also thinking about it (never got to law-making at least)
No, those countries are not enshrining in law the requirement for backdoors to serve your own government, for which you’ll be required to comply.
EU has the best privacy laws, only behind Switzerland.
They will not be close to the greatest threat, but it will still be a step back.
Also, these are proposals that has not been voted in ever before. So be sure to vote for politicians that wont, so we can keep it that way.
Privacy from whom? Privacy from corporations means nothing if you have zero privacy from a neoliberal corporate government.
in other news: big tech oligarchy takes aim at EU privacy laws.
Both are true
Non sensationalist broligarch funded shitrag version.
When does this stupid joke of a EU law end....
Never probably, these are law proposals.
They have never been voted in, as the majority of EU doesnt want them.
So makes sure to vote in politicans that wont, so we can keep it that way.
In a world where the Great Firewall and the Five Eyes exist? Sure buddy
I hope that the current insufferability of US realities will help shed this law from our fates
You always have to balance it with law enforcement. Being at the mercy of criminals, life savings stolen by scammers, etc is not freedom.
