IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: aren’t you glad that we don’t (yet) live in a world where on-device client side surveillance triggers report you to the police for using words like “bomb” or “uranium” in Signal & WhatsApp chats?

If such things did exist they would currently be swamped by people discussing global news:

Exclusive: Early US intel assessment suggests strikes on Iran did not destroy nuclear sites, sources say

https://edition.cnn.com/2025/06/24/politics/intel-assessment-us-strikes-iran-nuclear-sites

#apple #censorship #clientSideScanning #endToEndEncryption #homeOffice #meta #signal #surveillance #whatsapp

Denmark wants to succeed where

- Sweden 🇸🇪
- Spain 🇪🇸
- Belgium 🇧🇪
- Hungary 🇭🇺
- and Poland 🇵🇱

have failed.

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/eu-ratspraesidentschaft-daenemark-setzt-chatkontrolle-wieder-auf-die-agenda/

#ChatControl #ClientSideScanning #Surveillance

Dänemark will schaffen womit schon

- Schweden 🇸🇪
- Spanien 🇪🇸
- Belgien 🇧🇪
- Ungarn 🇭🇺
- und Polen 🇵🇱

gescheitert sind.

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/eu-ratspraesidentschaft-daenemark-setzt-chatkontrolle-wieder-auf-die-agenda/

#Chatkontrolle #ClientSideScanning #Überwachung

Let’s all take a moment to consider that if — as demanded by Ofcom — encrypted messenger systems WERE actually monitoring conversations for words like: drone, bomb, explosive… all reports would currently be swamped

I don’t know about you but I have several WhatsApp and Signal chats which are currently burning with discussion of how war has changed and what battle risks are inherent in new technology.

Should that all be censored in pursuit of keeping us safe from terrorists?

#clientSideScanning #drones #endToEndEncryption #ofcom #onlineSafety #signal #ukraine #whatsapp

I don’t have official confirmation, but I’m unilaterally declaring dibs on inspiration for this WhatsApp advertising campaign…

Compare and contrast this tweet of mine from 2021 – recounting a true event – which I’ve been reposting & citing everywhere ever since:

https://twitter.com/AlecMuffett/status/1405962815068835842

#childSafety #clientSideScanning #endToEndEncryption #onlineSafety #privacy #whatsapp

Dienstag 11.03. steht die #Chatkontrolle wieder auf der Tagesordnung der Ratsarbeitsgruppe Strafverfolgung. Der polnische Vorsitz im Rat hat Ende Januar einen Vorschlag gemacht bei dem #ClientSideScanning für Unternehmen nicht mehr verpflichtend wäre.

Aber: Unternehmen dürften freiwillig private Nachrichten scannen und werden dazu auch angehalten, außerdem Pflicht zu technischen Alterskontrollen.

@edri gibt einen Überblick und schaut in die 🔮 wie es weiter gehen könnte:
https://edri.org/our-work/poland-searches-for-silver-bullet-for-csa-regulation/