> Some outcomes can be annoying

I'd classify mandatory encryption backdoors as an industry crisis rather than an annoyance.

dspillett an hour ago | parent | next [-]

Which has nothing to do with the stalking of the adtech industry, unless you are suggesting that the EU might sell access to the keys to the likes of OpenAI?

[though you are not wrong that encryption backdoors are a backwards step on individuals rights to privacy]

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Llamamoe 37 minutes ago | parent [-]

Encryption backdoors by definition mean everybody who wants it gets hands on your data. You can't make backdoors only the "good guys" can access.

And while, sure, adtech corpos maybe won't due to the bad PR, what about the Kremlin, criminal organizations, or your insane abusive ex?

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Barbing 16 minutes ago | parent | next [-]

Rather tragic that less-technical folks in positions of power can find this:

> You can't make backdoors only the "good guys" can access.

incomprehensible. I’m sure genuinely so, even.

	▲	Avicebron 7 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		"It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it." -Upton Sinclair

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phatfish 11 minutes ago | parent | prev [-]

What can the Kremlin do that is worse than the tech bros? Leverage data to deliver people additive divisive content until it all boils over into the "real world" and splits society? Oh wait...

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patrickmcnamara an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

When has the EU mandated encryption backdoors?

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buzer an hour ago | parent [-]

They keep trying it via e.g. chat control

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tensor an hour ago | parent [-]

The US has also tried it multiple times. So has Canada. It's been shut down each time. This isn't a unique to the EU problem.

	▲	bayindirh 22 minutes ago \| parent [-]
		Didn't UK had "The Snooper's Charter" as well? Encryption backdoors is not a case of extending reach for a government, but an effort to get the capabilities back. They were able to do that before. They just want to be able to continue now. Note: No, I don't support the idea of backdoors. On the contrary.