We need #encryption backdoors to 'enforce' democracy says Europol chief.
Says anonymity "not a fundamental right"
I disagree.
#Anonymity is part of the bedrock of protecting healthy dissent.
Forcing total government access to private communications lays the technical groundwork for undermining democracy.
But here we are. It's a new year, so cops & governments are taking fresh swings at encryption.
Only the scare tactics change.
Welcome to a new, cynical chapter in the fight to protect privacy.
Demanding them... when the worst recent national security breaches in the US happened... when #China hacked government-mandated backdoors... is also absurd.
There's every reason to believe something similar may have happened in #Europe , we just don't know it yet.
Shortsighted and cynical stuff.
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I disagree.
#Anonymity is part of the bedrock of protecting healthy dissent.
Forcing total government access to private communications lays the technical groundwork for undermining democracy.
But here we are. It's a new year, so cops & governments are taking fresh swings at encryption.
Only the scare tactics change.
Welcome to a new, cynical chapter in the fight to protect privacy.
Demanding them... when the worst recent national security breaches in the US happened... when #China hacked government-mandated backdoors... is also absurd.
There's every reason to believe something similar may have happened in #Europe , we just don't know it yet.
Shortsighted and cynical stuff.
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