I'm referring to the UK, specifically. As you probably remember, I don't even live there, but it still bugs me.
EU is trying something silly like this too, but only for social media counter-privacy for now.
Well, unsurprisingly, the EU has gone even further and now does not want to limit itself to social media; it wants to scan all private messages. They hate privacy; they hate anything that can escape state control. All this is happening alongside an acceleration in the launch of CBDCs, while in other parts of the world such projects are being banned or abandoned.
EU “Chat Control” Regulation Nears Final Vote: Understanding the Proposal, the Process, and What Comes NextOne of the most controversial aspects is the potential use of client-side scanning, where messages are analysed on a user’s device before they are encrypted, effectively bypassing the core protections of end-to-end encryption.
This would affect WhatsApp, Telegram, and similar apps.
EU Chat Control law is a step towards mass surveillance In theory, it is done to protect children from potential abusers, but humanity's greatest atrocities were carried out in pursuit of supposedly noble causes, so nothing new here.