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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 tibman on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:44PM
Yeah, not sure what they are thinking. But the next step would be to make it illegal (for citizens) to use unbreakable* encryption. Yikes! But to be fair, everyone knows (or should know) Skype is not secure [wikipedia.org] but plenty of people still use it. Not only is it unsecure but it actively undermines your privacy and security. So this law (or one like it) will probably pass. Leading to the next step..
*Unbreakable also meaning unbackdoored
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(Score: 2) by Nerdfest on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:22PM
Any Microsoft product should be considered unsafe due to backdoors.
(Score: 1) by Francis on Wednesday August 24 2016, @11:28PM
Backdoors? I'd be more concerned with bugs. MS doesn't exactly hire the best and brightest or bother to retain them long enough to properly secure the OS. Right now the average length of employment is less than 18 months at a go.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday August 25 2016, @03:05PM
Right now the average length of employment is less than 18 months at a go.
You got numbers to back that claim up, boy?