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Encryption is non-negotiable: open letter to EU to not undermine privacy.
Encryption protects us all. At Tuta, we would rather leave the EU than give in to demands to undermine encryption.
The letter expresses concerns about the High-Level Group’s (HLG) recommendations on expanding law enforcement access to personal data, fearing these could lead to mass surveillance and undermine privacy. In light of the HLG’s overall aim to grant law enforcement authorities maximal access possible to personal data, we identify important risks of mass surveillance as well as substantial security and privacy threats, if these recommendations were taken as a basis for future EU policies and legislation. We therefore recommend to discard any measure that may bypass the protections afforded by encryption or weaken them, as it would create security and privacy threats to millions of people, public institutions and inevitably damage the broader digital information ecosystem.
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