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The EU's HLG (High Level Group) now considers VPNs among “key challenges” to investigative work.

End-to-end encryption is also mentioned in the final report as the biggest technical challenge

Experts are calling for restraint and consideration on the measures, fearing civilians will carry “state spyware in their pockets”

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[–] seven_phone@lemmy.world 81 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Let me guess those lawmakers themselves will communicate with uncompromised encryption, it is only everyone else that will require a backdoor making all data passing essentially unencrypted. For a second guess let me suggest those lawmakers will not imagine themselves in any way personally responsible for all the data lost by individuals as a result of their proposed measures.

[–] xzot746@sh.itjust.works 20 points 2 months ago

Rules for thee and all of that...

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

last time I checked it was still kept in secret who are the members of the HLG

[–] taladar@sh.itjust.works 42 points 2 months ago (1 children)

"lawmakers" seem like an inappropriate term for the kind of enemies of the general population who usually demand these kinds of measures.

[–] WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 months ago

we should call them terrorists before they tag us as terrorists. Because that's what they are.

[–] altphoto@lemmy.today 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

How about just thinking about shit? Can that be private?

Einstein thought about relativity in his mind. And Hiroshima happened.

I want to think about reproductive organs and their proper use. Is that legal?

[–] thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 13 points 2 months ago

Thought crimes are next on the todo list. Why do you think we want your AGI logs?

[–] thisisnotmyhat@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago

When will these fucking idiots give up? Like we're ever going to give up privacy? Yeah, right after self-determination, you fucks.

[–] UnfortunateShort@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

Can't wait for it to be illegal to have a custom ROM Android with some FOSS messenger in your pocket and then for the first major breach, leaking all private messenges of some rich motherfuckers ending the practice again

[–] JoeKrogan@lemmy.world 9 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'll buy a VPN from asia, the middle east, Africa or south america then in that case.

[–] Eggyhead@lemmings.world 4 points 2 months ago

EU investigators not happy with arresting as many people as they currently do. Gotta be locking lots of people up.

[–] Ledericas@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

most of them moved onto using more sophisticated proxies, and anti-detect browsers, vpn is old news.

[–] romantired@api-dev.rabotaem.app 1 points 1 month ago

oh, that's it...