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Open letter urging Swedish lawmakers NOT to break encryption. Remind legislators: "A backdoor for the good guys only is not possible"
Sweden's latest attack on encryption comes simultaneously with the Swedish Armed Forces speaking up in favor of encryption. If this alone is not enough to reject the legislation, read the open letter to the Swedish Riksdag.
Today, a broad coalition of civil society organizations, technology companies, and cybersecurity experts is calling on the Swedish Riksdag to reject proposed legislation “Ju2024/02286 Datalagring och åtkomst till elektronisk information”, which threatens to compromise the privacy, security, and fundamental rights of everyone in Sweden and beyond. Comic showing Apple CEO Tim Cook unlocking the iPhone while the FBI, hackers, repressive regimes and more stand in line to get access to the decrypted data. The Swedish Armed Forces recognized this when they recently endorsed the use of Signal, an end-to-end encrypted messaging application, to protect the non-classified communications of national security professionals.
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