European Police Chiefs said that the complementary partnership between law enforcement agencies and the technology industry is at risk due to end-to-end encryption (E2EE). They called on the industry and governments to take urgent action to ensure public safety across social media platforms. "Privacy measures currently being rolled out, such as end-to-end encryption, will stop tech companies
suddenly every crime is a “serious crime”
Their specific argument doesn’t work super well when you consider that one end of the e2ee can willingly reveal the other’s messages. Which means their real complaint here is that they can’t perpetually scan all communication without permission…
“Citizens call for solutions to access police records in serious crime cases”
All the reasons that government won’t use backdoored encryption are all the reasons WE can’t use backdoored encryption.
I hope the judges wipe their asses with any requests for warrants like those.
