The only good thing is that end-to-end encrypted messaging services such as Signal are temporarily safe. However, this law fundamentally threatens encryption and citizen safety. There is something you can do about that:
The only good thing is that end-to-end encrypted messaging services such as Signal are temporarily safe. However, this law fundamentally threatens encryption and citizen safety. There is something you can do about that:
CC 2 does NOT specifically protect e2e encryption because it hasn’t passed yet, and in order to achieve the articulated primary aims it cannot protect it. Supposedly protecting it is one of the variants that has been tabled to try and get it through (and that proposal has truck sized holes in it).
As per the link above
"Does it touch encrypted messages? Potentially yes — inclusion of end-to-end encrypted messengers remains contentious between Parliament and the Council. "
Timeline June 2026 "Chat Control 2.0 “Final” trilogue fails
The fifth trilogue, billed as the last with adoption targeted for July, produces no deal. Negotiators cannot agree on making suspicionless scanning permanent, as requested by Council. Progress is reported on excluding mandatory age verification, but agreement is postponed and talks continue under the incoming Irish presidency. "
Suspicionless scanning REQUIRES a bypass to e2e - you can’t routinely scan all messages if they are encrypted.
It is not a coincidence that IT security and tech literate people are the ones fighting the hardest on this -we understand what this breaks
https://8bitsecurity.com/posts/chat-control-2-0-–-how-the-european-union-wants-to-get-rid-of-privacy-and-what-we-can-do-to-stop-it/
"the proposed technological solution is completely inappropriate and would lead to the establishment of a mass surveillance system that would completely eliminate the privacy of all European citizens.
According to this proposal, every European citizen’s online activity should be automatically scanned and categorized by Artificial Intelligence (AI) algorithms."
https://informatecdigital.com/en/chat-control-what-is-it/
“There are two distinct frameworks: 1.0 (voluntary and in place) and 2.0 (proposed with mandates for detection and debate on encryption). Chat Control 2.0 is not approved: the Council must establish a position, and then a trilogue and final vote will follow. Pre-encryption scanning poses technical and legal risks; legal experts warn of incompatibilities with fundamental rights.”
https://www.brusselsreport.eu/2025/10/01/chat-control-2-0-the-end-of-our-private-communications/
https://rvntos.io/blog/eu-chat-control-explained/
“This post explains what Chat Control actually proposes, why cryptographers say “client-side scanning” breaks end-to-end encryption even when the encryption technically stays in place, how the political fight unfolded through 2025 and 2026, and where it stands now.”
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