Reblogged by nadim@symbolic.software ("Nadim Kobeissi"):
bpreneel@infosec.exchange ("Bart Preneel") wrote:
10 years after the FBI "going dark" statement, Europol issued a similar
statement
https://www.europol.europa.eu/cms/sites/default/files/documents/EDOC-%231384205-v1-Joint_Declaration_of_the_European_Police_Chiefs.PDFMasks are falling off: perhaps we will not get the client side scanning we wanted (#chatcontrol) (the camera in every room) hence we will ask for ban on end-to-end encryption (make curtains and blinds illegal).
n addition to academia, civil society, and industry, former NSA chiefs keep stating that strong end-to-end encryption protection is essential for a secure digital society.