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1. rkomor+(OP)[view] [source] 2025-08-10 21:24:55
The idea isn't to break encryption, it's to have apps implement client-side scanning "pre-encryption".
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2. stephe+up[view] [source] 2025-08-11 01:31:56
>>rkomor+(OP)
Yes, what is proposed is breaking the end-to-end security model, not breaking the encryption itself.

Effectively it causes the same loss of security and trust as if they broke the encryption, but it allows them the fig-leaf of pretending that you're still secure because they "haven't broken the encryption".

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3. rkomor+fF[view] [source] [discussion] 2025-08-11 05:31:08
>>stephe+up
I like your wording.

I wasn't expressing an opinion in that comment but I do find the whole concept terrible.

4. nicksl+V71[view] [source] 2025-08-11 10:41:33
>>rkomor+(OP)
> The idea isn't to break encryption

That comes later with ProtectEU.

"Technical experts call on Commissioner Virkkunen for a seat on the table of the European Commission’s Technology Roadmap on encryption"

https://edri.org/our-work/technical-experts-call-on-virkkune...

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