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Lily Hay Newman May 22, 2023

A leaked doc obtained by WIRED shows how the CSAM scanning legislation sausage is getting made in the EU right now, with commentary from 20 countries about their thoughts on strategy/end-to-end encryption. And Spain is out here calling for an E2EE EU ban! https://www.wired.com/story/europe-break-encryption-leaked-document-csa-law/

Leaked EU Document Shows Spain Wants to Ban End-to-End Encryption

In response to an EU proposal to scan private messages for illegal material, the country's officials said it is “imperative that we have access to the data.”

WIRED

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Dieu May 22, 2023

@lhn My fellow Europeans with less technical background should never forget that this is mainly about *their* private communication, not mine.

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Dieu

@lhn also, never forget: if you support this and then get rounded up by the police because your teenager sent their partner nudes, I'll still be outraged this happened, but I'll also laugh.