Attempts at ’banning E2EE’ are frustrating in their misguidedness and repeatedness.
My central observation is that means for secure communications have only been available for the masses since *way* less than 10 years ago. While we may have gotten used to rely on these tools, there are powers out there determined to turn back the clock.
A longer essay is on my LinkedIn feed:
Contrasting with this piece:
https://www.devever.net/~hl/webcrypto
The practical means to ’backdoor’ an E2EE tools (be it a comms tool or a secrets manager) is to manipulate the key exchange or to strongarm the service provider to taint the client-side components for a specific target group or for all.
EncroChat and Anom were perfect examples of how to get past by the E2EE problem and deserve an applaud. However, they were targeted to a select audience of likely offenders.
Dissenting voice from an ex-chief of GCHQ:
https://www.ft.com/content/96964279-8011-4d46-9b90-69e016d39e7f
Erka Koivunen