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A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate (mastodont.cat)

submitted 5 months ago by twit_terrorist@mastodont.cat to c/cybersecurity@fedia.io

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A Win for Encryption: France Rejects Backdoor Mandate

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https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2025/03/win-encryption-france-rejects-backdoor-mandate via @eff@mastodon.social

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[–] twit_terrorist@mastodont.cat 2 points 5 months ago

Despite heavy pressure from the Interior Ministry, lawmakers voted Thursday night to strike down a provision that would have forced messaging platforms like Signal and WhatsApp to allow hidden access to private conversations.

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Under this scheme, law enforcement could silently join encrypted chats, undermining the very idea of private communication.