In a joint statement, the FBI, Interpol, and 13 other law enforcement agencies say Meta's plan to expand the use of E2EE in its apps “blindfolds” them to CSAM
Financial Times
Related Coverage
- Crime agencies condemn Facebook and Instagram encryption plans The Guardian
- WhatsApp, Signal, and Other Secure Messaging Platforms Write Open Letter to the UK Government Defending End-to-End Encryption Daring Fireball
- FBI and others urge Meta to halt encryption plans, citing child abuse risk Ars Technica
- Meta risks ‘blindfolding’ itself to child sex abuse with expanded encryption, agencies warn New York Post
- Statement on End-to-End Encryption Virtual Global Taskforce
- New Zealand Police Statement on End-to-End Encryption The National Tribune
- Police ask tech companies to protect children from abuse by limiting encryption Stuff.co.nz
Discussion
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@aservais1
Alain Servais
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Also a very convenient excuse to keep invading our #privacy-Meta encryption ‘blindfolds’ authorities to child abuse, crime agencies claim. FBI, Interpol and UK National Crime Agency among law enforcement groups warning about tech company's plans. https://www.ft.com/...
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@matthew_d_green
Matthew Green
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Law enforcement's war on encryption continues. https://arstechnica.com/...
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@_andyburrows
Andy Burrows
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It remains impressive that @Meta has galvinised messaging platforms and the data rights community around slippery slope arguments to oppose parts of the #OnlineSafetyBill which would only realistically be triggered by Meta's high-risk, antitrust evading plans
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@samsharpstbi
Sam Sharps
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...and the pro-safety argument (or at least the FT's headline here) just gives more ammunition to those who worry it is about surveillance. Both approaches are doomed to enrage the other side.
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@samsharpstbi
Sam Sharps
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I do feel like both sides here are communicating in slightly self defeating ways. The pro-privacy argument is very often spearheaded by middle aged men contemptuously lecturing women ministers about how little they know... https://www.ft.com/...
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@1br0wn
Ian Brown
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This is an absurd and grossly offensive (almost defamatory) police characterisation of Meta adding end-to-end encryption to its currently insecure messaging services: “The [child] abuse will not stop just because companies decide to stop looking.” #E2EE https://www.ft.com/...
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@pickardje
Jim Pickard
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- FBI, Interpol, NCA accuse Meta of making “purposeful” decision to increase end-to-end encryption in way that “blindfolds” them to child sex abuse - comes as government pushes through “online safety bill” which tech groups warn could undermine privacy https://www.ft.com/...
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@draintheswamps7
@draintheswamps7
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The FBI, Interpol and the UK's National Crime Agency have accused Meta of making a “purposeful” decision to increase end-to-end encryption in a way that in effect “blindfolds” them to child sex abuse. #CrimesAgainstChildren https://www.ft.com/...