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on Saturday April 25 2015, @04:16PM
from the we-can-trust-the-gubmint-for-encryption-and-security dept.
from the we-can-trust-the-gubmint-for-encryption-and-security dept.
A study by European IT security experts suggests that the EU should also fund or participate in the development of open source software to ensure end-to-end encryption solutions. Using open source is not a universal remedy, they state, but it is an “important ingredient in an EU strategy for more security and technological independence.” The experts say support for open source will increase the EU’s technological independence.
A second study for this committee meeting argues that the use of open source computer operating systems and applications reduces the risk of privacy intrusion by mass surveillance.
https://joinup.ec.europa.eu/community/osor/news/ep-study-%E2%80%9Ceu-should-finance-key-open-source-tools%E2%80%9D
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 25 2015, @06:02PM
Europe, being able to see past their own nose is heading in the right direction. I, for one, would welcome even a closed-source European (mainland Europe, excluding U.K) alternative to American back-doored, front-doored, closed -or- (pwned) open source software.
I would also appreciate open-source modern processor architectures (hardware) that are not back-doored at the hardware level to let the government in.