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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: 5, Informative) by stormreaver on Wednesday August 24 2016, @08:58PM
On one hand, they've a more desperate and even, yes, legitimate, need for such drastic measures...
No, they don't have a legitimate need for it. Remember, none of the terrorist attacks were facilitated by encryption. They were all carried out in plain sight.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by Anal Pumpernickel on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:04PM
There wouldn't be a legitimate need for it even if there were terrorist attacks that were facilitated by encryption. Sacrificing everyone's privacy to stop a few terrorists is unjust beyond belief, and therefore such a false need could never be described as legitimate.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:33PM
This (crazy) idea is from the same (crazy) people that think groping everybody's crotch in airports stops terrorism. Crazy!
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday August 24 2016, @10:23PM
Be fair, we don't check everyone's crotch, just the good-looking ones.