Europol chief says Big Tech has 'responsibility' to unlock encrypted messages

by alephnerdon 6/20/2025, 5:02 AMwith 5 comments

by codebeakeron 6/20/2025, 7:20 AM

Why is an article from Jan 2025 being recirculated on HN now?

It's not Europol's role to push for this, and the European commission has suffered setbacks with ChatControl and other measures already since that time with excellent politicians such as Patrick Breyer doing an outstanding job of informing about and advocating for privacy.

- https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/chat-control-eu-ombudsman-c... [Feb 2025 criticism of the "revolving door" and more context about how this is received] - an excellent resource overall curated by Mr. Breyer about Chat Control, it's advocates, sponsors, the due-process, alternatives and more https://www.patrick-breyer.de/en/posts/chat-control/

by snvzzon 6/20/2025, 6:03 AM

Europe has serious issues with privacy. Very concerning.