The eight-page text, leaked to the Financial Times and Guardian newspapers, said recent attacks in France and Austria showed the “extent of the threat we face from Islamist terrorism”. “Successful integration …
Leaked documents have sparked questions over whether or not the EU is moving towards banning end-to-end encryption. But is that what is actually happening? While end-to-end encryption has been seen as …
On November 9, 2020, the Austrian National Service Broadcaster (ORF) published a secret draft of a planned EU Council resolution seeking to undermine encryption. Messaging services such as Whatsapp are to …
Patrick Breyer (Pirate Party), Member of the European Parliament, has filed a complaint with the data protection authority of Schleswig-Holstein against the practise of large US corporations such as Facebook (Facebook …
The European Parliament today debated a draft legislation by the EU Commission that would allow the screening without suspicion of all private electronic communication via messenger or e-mail to search …
The EU Commission is proposing to screen and monitor all private electronic communications without suspicion in order to search for possible child pornographic content. Today it presented draft legislation to …
The EU Commission wants all private electronic communications to be screened for possible child pornography, in the absence of any suspicion. This week it intends to present draft legislation that …
Patrick Breyer, Member of the European Parliament for the Pirate Party, comments the revelations of back doors in encryption products sold by the Swiss Company “Crypto AG” which was set up …
Despite the landmark ruling by the European Court of Justice in 2016, saying that indiscriminate data retention was illegal, several European countries are once again seeking to bring back the practice.
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