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European Court of Human Rights bans weakening of secure end-to-end encryption
(www.eureporter.co)
this post was submitted on 15 Feb 2024
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Encrypting files that can only be unencrypted by one other person is still a thing. Sure it's not quite as convenient as it happening automatically in your chat app. However, anyone who thinks weakening e2ee in chat apps actually stops illegal actions occuring needs to think a bit more carefully.