Comment on European police chiefs call for end-to-end encryption roll out to include public protection measures
a4ng3l@lemmy.world 6 months ago
What I don’t get is what’s the end game? Because this will likely affect only already law abiding citizens of those with limited technical knowledge as bad agents will simply generate certificates and encrypt however they see fit. It’s not like building an encrypted client is hard…
The police state wants more ways to criminalise normal behaviour, so that more of the public comes under their thumb. The point is to always have some excuse to persecute whoever they were already planning to persecute.
Don’t use encryption? Great, we can eavesdrop. Do use encryption? Great, we can destroy you.
hikikoma@ani.social 6 months ago
The endgame is control, 1984 was an instruction manual to them.