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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Europol published a position paper today highlighting its concerns around SMS home routing โ the technology that allows telcos to continue offering their services when customers visit another country.
If a crime is committed by a Brit in Germany, for example, then German police couldn't issue a request for unencrypted data as they could with a domestic operator such as Deutsche Telekom.
Under home routing, the current investigatory powers of public authorities should be retained and a solution must be found that enables lawful interception of suspects within their territory," reads Europol's paper.
Two possible solutions were suggested, but the wording of the paper clearly favored a legal ban on PETs (service-level encryption) in home routing over making it possible for one EU member state to request the comms from another country.
There is one that was developed for EIOs but cops are concerned this could lead to scenarios where law enforcement efforts are dependent on foreign service providers, which isn't ideal.
"With this position paper, Europol wishes to open the debate on this technical issue, which at present is severely hampering law enforcement's ability to access crucial evidence," it said.
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