The president of Signal, a messaging app, has criticized a revised European Union proposal aiming to monitor encrypted chats under a new name. The EU Commission initially introduced the Chat Control law in mid-2022 to compel messaging apps to create a backdoor for end-to-end encrypted messages. Despite the EU Parliament committee rejecting mass screening of encrypted communications in November, a revised version of the law proposes an alternative method called 'upload moderation' to combat online child sexual abuse material. Signal's President, Meredith Whittaker, argues that 'upload moderation' is a ploy to undermine encryption, making private chats vulnerable to exploitation by hackers and hostile entities. Whittaker stresses the importance of protecting end-to-end encryption as a crucial privacy tool in an era of extensive surveillance. The proposed Chat Control law would require telecommunication operators to implement 'upload moderation' to combat child exploitation material, a move criticized by Whittaker and encryption experts as creating security vulnerabilities. Read more AI-generated news on: https://app.chaingpt.org/news
Signal President Criticizes EU Proposal on Encrypted Chats
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