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Chat Control: Germany joins the opposition against mandatory scanning of private chats in the name of encryption
Only four EU members are still undecided ahead of the crucial September 12 meeting
Germany and Luxembourg have joined the list of countries opposing the controversial child sexual abuse material (CSAM) scanning bill on the eve of the crucial September 12 meeting. While law enforcement sees this protection as an obstacle during investigation, digital rights experts, cryptographers, and technologists keep warning that a backdoor could lead to mass surveillance, while creating security vulnerabilities that even criminals and hostile governments would be able to exploit. Chiara is a multimedia journalist committed to covering stories to help promote the rights and denounce the abuses of the digital side of life – wherever cybersecurity, markets, and politics tangle up.
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