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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, Insightful) by sjames on Wednesday August 24 2016, @09:53PM
As Stormreaver pointed out, thus far, encryption hasn't been a factor at all in their problems, so they have no legitimate reason.
Next up, they've apparently been living under a rock. The NSA losing it's tools demonstrates that the gold key will likely leak sooner or later (I'm guessing sooner) and will fall into the hands of exactly the wrong people. They will have made sitting ducks of their citizens.
(Score: 2) by stormreaver on Friday August 26 2016, @02:19PM
The NSA losing it's tools demonstrates that the gold key will likely leak sooner or later (I'm guessing sooner) and will fall into the hands of exactly the wrong people. They will have made sitting ducks of their citizens.
Which is exactly why I hold the view that the lawmakers pushing for these backdoors are actively aiding and abetting terrorists, pedophiles, and all forms of criminals. They are providing aid and comfort to the enemy. If that phrase doesn't ring a significant bell, click on this link:
http://legal-dictionary.thefreedictionary.com/Aid+and+Comfort [thefreedictionary.com]