[HN Gopher] Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise
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       Going Dark: The war on encryption is on the rise
        
       Author : janandonly
       Score  : 79 points
       Date   : 2024-05-21 10:54 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | croes wrote:
       | And in the end everyone is amazed why hostile hackers could read
       | confidential messages.
        
       | gala8y wrote:
       | Knowledge is a deadly friend       If no one sets the rules
       | The fate of all mankind, I see       Is in the hands of fools
       | _King Crimson - Epitaph_
        
       | miohtama wrote:
       | Here is the latest.
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       | The bill could not be passed on Spain's presidency. The
       | presidency is now on Belgium and Stasi-fans are trying to get
       | this bill passed again, hoping not to cause too much noise this
       | time.
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       | The text of the bill was modified a bit, and this time they added
       | an exception, though
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       | - Politicians and police are not subject to monitoring, only
       | ordinal citizens messages' should be wiretapped
       | 
       | https://european-pirateparty.eu/chatcontrol-eu-ministers-wan...
        
         | Teever wrote:
         | Ugh.
         | 
         | Imagine living in a Bizarro world where the law said that
         | private citizens could not be tapped without a warrant and
         | probable cause but politicians and police _must_ be surveilled
         | to mitigate corruption.
        
       | dlachausse wrote:
       | The war on personal freedom in general is on the rise.
        
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