Maxim

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The European Commission is putting together an "Expert Group for a Technology Roadmap on Encryption": https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=4005

The group will include 12 members plus one member of ENISA (Cybersecurity Agency), EUROPOL (Police) and EDPS (Data protection Supervisor).

"The group shall be co-chaired by a representative of DG CNECT and a representative of DG HOME"

Applications are open until September 1st.

RE: https://infosec.exchange/@aristot73/114756135579776190

#EUGoingDark #encryption #privacy

European Commission- Call for applications - Expert Group for a Technology Roadmap on Encryption (E04005) ACTIVE - deadline 1 September 2025.
#dataretention #lawfulinterception #digitalforensics #encryption

"The selection shall prioritise experts with technical profiles, coming from either public or private sector, whilst aiming to ensure proportional representation across the following fields of expertise: • Home affairs, ideally with an experience in fighting high-tech crime, and/or a background in the area of decryption and artifact extraction, computer forensics, network forensics, smartphone forensics, cloud forensics, IoT forensics, memory forensics and/or lawful interception; • Cybersecurity. with diverse backgrounds including but not limited to vulnerability management, evaluation of cybersecurity risks and certification and encryption (including quantum and post-quantum cryptography); • Telecommunication, including with experience in computer networks/Internet, 5G/6G, IoT, VoIP, Satellite, Quantum communication and/or encrypted communication applications; • Big data analysis, including with expertise in AI technologies; • Standardisation, notably in relation with cybersecurity and/or telecommunication technologies, including protocol networks, exchanges of digital data, and lawful interception; • Justice and fundamental rights, including experience in data protection and privacy, as well as experience in criminal justice, such as cyber-enabled and/or cyber-dependent crimes"

https://ec.europa.eu/transparency/expert-groups-register/screen/expert-groups/consult?lang=en&groupID=4005

Hier nochmal der ganze Überblick zum aktuellen Kampf um #Chatkontrolle und #E2EE
📅 Dezember 2024
Die High-Level Working Group „Going Dark“ stellt erste Pläne zur Umgehung von Verschlüsselung vor. Einordnung von der Zivilgesellschaft:
👉 https://www.ccc.de/de/updates/2024/gegen-uberzogene-eu-uberwachungsplane

📅 April 2025
Die EU-Kommission legt mit dem #ProtectEU-Fahrplan ein umfassendes Überwachungskonzept vor:
👉 https://edri.org/our-work/protecteu-security-strategy-a-step-further-towards-a-digital-dystopian-future/

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CCC | Klare Absage gegen überzogene Überwachungspläne der EU-Kommission

Der Chaos Computer Club ist eine galaktische Gemeinschaft von Lebewesen für Informationsfreiheit und Technikfolgenabschätzung.

The Commission published its "Roadmap for law enforcement lawful access to data": https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/a29e61ce-7530-4bc3-91da-b448e70d468b_en?filename=Roadmap%20for%20effective%20and%20lawful%20access%20to%20data%20for%20law%20enforcement_en.pdf

This roadmap seems very important, I'd very much recommend to read it as a whole or at least skimming the key points!

Point IV notes (page 12) that "the Commission will support the research and development of
new decryption capacities".

By Q2 2026, a technology roadmap detailing what actions to take will be delivered.

#privacy #encryption #EUGoingDark

Starting July 1st, the Danish presidency takes over. In it's program (https://danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/media/xv5jn5nx/programme-of-the-danish-eu-presidency-2025.pdf ), it notes that chatcontrol will have a high priority.

Additionally, it wants to extend access to data for law enforcement.

#chatcontrol #Chatkontrolle #privacy

The European Commission must once and for all abandon the ghost of #DataRetention that’s been haunting EU policy discussions for decades https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/06/eff-european-commission-dont-resurrect-illegal-data-retention-mandates
EFF to European Commission: Don’t Resurrect Illegal Data Retention Mandates

The mandatory retention of metadata is an evergreen of European digital policy. Despite a number of rulings by Europe’s highest court, confirming again and again the incompatibility of general and indiscriminate data retention mandates with European fundamental rights, the European Commission is...

Electronic Frontier Foundation

The Commission published its "Roadmap for law enforcement lawful access to data": https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/document/download/a29e61ce-7530-4bc3-91da-b448e70d468b_en?filename=Roadmap%20for%20effective%20and%20lawful%20access%20to%20data%20for%20law%20enforcement_en.pdf

This roadmap seems very important, I'd very much recommend to read it as a whole or at least skimming the key points!

Point IV notes (page 12) that "the Commission will support the research and development of
new decryption capacities".

By Q2 2026, a technology roadmap detailing what actions to take will be delivered.

#privacy #encryption #EUGoingDark

Starting July 1st, the Danish presidency takes over. In it's program (https://danish-presidency.consilium.europa.eu/media/xv5jn5nx/programme-of-the-danish-eu-presidency-2025.pdf ), it notes that chatcontrol will have a high priority.

Additionally, it wants to extend access to data for law enforcement.

#chatcontrol #Chatkontrolle #privacy

The EU has been heavily involved in #opensource for years – but planned changes to the flagship funding programme are ruffling some feathers, especially because they have remained vague for months.

@netzpolitik_feed is publishing an internal document that at least gives a few hints to where the journey might be going, especially in terms of money. Also being debated: Changes to procurement and a new legal form for open source organisations.

#ngi #ngiforum25 #eu

https://netzpolitik.org/2025/open-internet-stack-the-eu-commissions-vague-plans-for-open-source/

Open Internet Stack: The EU Commission’s vague plans for open source

An internal paper contains some hints about the EU’s open source policy in the coming years. An existing funding programme will continue under a new name and re-focus on commercial value. The document calls on the Commission to support open source in public administrations – and think about a new legal form. Many questions remain open.

netzpolitik.org