đź“ŁOfficial statement: the new EU chat controls proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding.
Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities
I have many complaints about my country, the USA, but the first amendment and fifth amendments give us some pretty good arguments against the EU's chat control proposal. Not to say we don't have boomers trying to undermine those rights as well and things like the Patriot act among others.
This is utterly embarrassing for the EU for the same country that created the GDPR. I know they have withdrawn the vote, but in my opinion it should have never even been a consideration.
Meredith Whittaker
ChiefGyk3D