German government publishes law to guarantee 'right to encryption'

I haven’t seen this posted on here but this is refreshing news to see for once!

The digital policy spokesperson for the FDP parliamentary group, Maximilian Funke-Kaiser, tells Netzpolotik.org that the law is a necessary measure to prevent future attacks on online confidentiality with legislative approaches like Chat Control:

“We are granting users of messenger, email and cloud services the right to always transmit their communication and data end-to-end encrypted and obliging providers to offer this option. In this way, we increase acceptance for the use of encryption technologies and protect the digital privacy of every single citizen.”

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Fantastic to see some optimistic news here

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I love the contrast between this and the UK and Australia.

Be like Germany. Encrypt your stuff.

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Fantastic news. But I wonder what will happen if an EU law passes that requires member states to undermine E2EE.

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The ECHR has also taken a similar stance, calling mass surveillance and weakening encryption unconstitutional.