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The Independent quotes France's interior minister, Bernard Cazeneuve, as saying
Exchanges carried out via applications like Telegram must be identified and used in the course of judicial proceedings.
[...] We propose that the EU Commission studies the possibility of a legislative act introducing rights and obligations for operators to force them to remove illicit content or decrypt messages as part of investigations, whether or not they are based in Europe.
Similar intentions have been announced by the UK government in the past. Those are still up for debate but were walked back at least slightly in the face of an angry reaction from campaigners and activists.
The same article says that Germany will make the same request.
Previously:
European Privacy Body Slams Shut Backdoors Everywhere
(Score: 2) by Kunasou on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:42PM
As always only Germany and his dog, France do something in the EU. Going beyond their borders.
Backdoors ain't a new thing either.
(Score: 3, Insightful) by quietus on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:28PM
Actually, the reverse -- this is not how the EU works.
When the big countries make such a public announcement, it is always for internal political consumption. For France, it breaks the rhythm of Sarkozy's announcement last weekend he's going to run again for president; Merkel in Germany is busy destroying the AfD, and getting some CSU voters, with initiatives like faster deportation and better follow-up of asylum seekers, moves to introduce a general ban on the burkini, and just today telling Turks in Germany they should show which country they really belong to. Both countries move somewhat in tandem with regards to these announcements over the last month and a half or so, indicating both the Hollande and Merkel administration get along quite well.
If it were for real, you wouldn't have heard from it so publicly before it got into Parliament, would have come out of a bunch of smaller nations, with the initial support of a bigger country (Germany, France, Italy, Spain), then stepwise agreed upon by the other members.
Finally, chances are smaller nations are likely to be more outward-looking than former Empires, as they don't have to carry too much historical baggage, and never were bounded by the illusion of self-sufficiency anyway.