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[–] [email protected] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

As I remember at the moment partly Von Der Leyen, the current Commission president. She is a German Christian democrat and apparently bit with capital C. Meaning she has bit of a moral panic streak on her of the "won't you think of the children" variety. As I understand this current proposal is very much driven by her.

However her driving it doesn't mean it sail through to pass as legislation. Some whole memberstate governments are against the encryption busting idea.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

And the fact that Ylva Johansson, being technologically illiterate as well as a close bed buddy with companies in the surveillance industry that stand to earn a crap load of money doesn't help...

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Von Der Leyen is a swinger clubber