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Fighting pedophilia at the expense of our privacy: The EU rule that could break the internet (english.elpais.com)
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[–] gravitas_deficiency 16 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

The vast majority of politicians apparently refuse to understand - despite it being explained ad nauseum in a multitude of ways - that truly robust encryption with no “master key” or “back door” that the “good guys” can use is completely integral to and absolutely required for the modern internet to work at all.