Signal President Meredith Whittaker warns the EU's recent “upload moderation” proposal to detect CSAM “fundamentally undermines encryption” of messaging apps
A controversial European Union legislative proposal to scan the private messages of citizens in a bid …
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Related Coverage
- New Branding, Same Scanning: “Upload Moderation” Undermines End-to-End Encryption Signal Blog · Meredith Whittaker
- View article The Guardian
- The Battle Over Encrypted Messaging: Signal President Calls Out EU's “Rhetorical Games” Blockonomi · Oliver Dale
- Signal President Condemns EU's Encryption Proposal WinBuzzer · Markus Kasanmascheff
- Signal boss slams EU's latest ‘upload moderation’ surveillance ploy Cointelegraph · Brayden Lindrea
- Signal President Slams EU's ‘Rhetorical Games’ In Effort to Break End-to-End Encryption WebProNews · Matt Milano
- Signal: New “Upload Moderation” Threat to End-to-End Encryption RestorePrivacy · Alex Lekander
- Signal president Meredith Whittaker criticizes EU attempts to tackle child abuse material The Record · Alexander Martin
- EU nears consensus on child abuse draft law, new agency takes lead on privacy preservation Euractiv · Julia Tar
Discussion
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@jpmens@mastodon.social
JP Mens
on mastodon
“We ask that those playing these word games please stop and recognize what the expert community has repeatedly made clear. Either end-to-end encryption protects everyone, and enshrines security and privacy, or it's broken for everyone. And breaking end-to-end encryption, partic…
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@mer__edith
Meredith Whittaker
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📣Official statement: the new EU chat controls proposal for mass scanning is the same old surveillance with new branding. Whether you call it a backdoor, a front door, or “upload moderation” it undermines encryption & creates significant vulnerabilities https://signal.org/... [ima…
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@jsrailton
John Scott-Railton
on x
New branding, same scanning. Good to see @signalapp pushing back on this embarrassingly naïve effort. When you build a system to mass scan private communications, you irreversibly undermine security and privacy. No matter where the scanning happens.
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@profwoodward
Alan Woodward
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False positives for CSAM reported to German police from US appears to be increasing alarmingly according to @derspiegel - seems to undermine some of the justification behind proposals within EU to require monitoring of E2EE messages. https://www.spiegel.de/...
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@nzahn42
Nicolas Zahn
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Insanity is trying the same stupid thing over and over again and expecting a different outcome. Unfortunately, this works in politics unless there is pushback. Good to see @signalapp continue to take a clear stand 🙏
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@mer__edith
Meredith Whittaker
on x
Excellent and clear statement from @chaosupdates, who are holding the line as ever on encryption and fundamental rights in the EU and everywhere❤️🙏 https://www.ccc.de/... [image]
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@echo_pbreyer
@echo_pbreyer
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@mer__edith We still have one day to stop this #ChatControl mass surveillance madness, especially if you're from IT, FI, CZ, SE, SV, EST, GR, PT. Act NOW: https://www.patrick-breyer.de/ ...
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@bpreneel1
Bart Preneel
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Very clear statement by Signal's @mer_edith exposing the cynical game of the Belgian presidency to keep rebranding chatcontrol/client side scanning as “upload moderation with consent”, claiming that this would not break end-to-end encryption. 1/3
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r/europe
r
on reddit
Stop playing games with online security, Signal president warns EU lawmakers