The EU appears close to restricting end-to-end encryption

Papers leaked and reported by Austria's German-language press, posted about by John Scott-Railton of University of Toronto's Citizen Lab suggests that EU's Council of Ministers is close to formalizing its "war on encryption."

Namely, the executive body of the EU seems to be nearing a resolution that would result in the banning of end-to-end encryption in apps like WhatsApp (owned by Facebook) and Signal.

Keep in mind, some have been calling for an end to private conversations, just so Big Tech can step in and correct “misinformation” in everyone’s private chats.

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