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Germany is not supporting ChatControl – blocking minority secured

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1121 points xyzal | 1 comments | 11 Sep 25 08:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.207s | source
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timpera ◴[11 Sep 25 09:02 UTC] No.45209388[source]▶
It's not the end of the fight, but it's great to see that the efforts are working! I sent a handwritten letter to my MPs a few weeks ago about this issue but no answer so far...
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riedel ◴[11 Sep 25 09:15 UTC] No.45209452[source]▶
They oppose breaking encryption, however, I see no true opposition to on device scanning, which is a bit worrying.

>The BMI representative explained that they could not fully support the Danish position. They were, for example, opposed to breaking the encryption. The goal was to develop a unified compromise proposal – also to prevent the interim regulation from expiring. [0]

Edit: source [0] https://www.bundestag.de/presse/hib/kurzmeldungen-1108356

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lukan ◴[11 Sep 25 09:38 UTC] No.45209587[source]▶
"Es sei klar, dass privater, vertraulicher Austausch auch weiterhin privat sein müsse."

"Private communication needs to stay private"

I interprete this as not having a dumb police bot installed on my devices checking all my communication. That sometimes by misstake sends very private pictures away, because it missclassified.

This is what chat control means and I believe if most people would understand it, they would not be in support of it. It is no coincidence, that the outcry mainly happens in tech affine groups.

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1. Dilettante_ ◴[11 Sep 25 09:53 UTC] No.45209675[source]▶
I bet what the politicians mean is "we have to make sure our surveillance is safe, like our digital health data, so that no bad actors can tap it". The only one who should be reading your messages is you, the sender, and the government.