US EditionChat Control Is "Like a Malware on Your Device" – Signal Slams the EU Proposal to Scan Your Private Chats
Signal warns the EU Chat Control proposal would undermine encryption and privacy protections, threatening to exit the market if forced to scan users’ private messages, officials said.
- The European Union will vote on the Danish Presidency's Chat Control proposal, mandating mass device scanning for illegal content, during a key meeting on October 14.
- Germany, once a staunch opponent, is reportedly close to reversing its stance, with privacy advocates and technologists warning that such a shift could secure the proposal's passage.
- The latest version exempts government and military accounts, requires platforms to scan images and links for child sexual abuse material, and leaves future inclusion of grooming detection through a review clause.
- Signal President Meredith Whittaker stated that the proposal poses a severe threat to the company’s mission and privacy guarantees, and emphasized that if forced to compromise user privacy by introducing surveillance features into Signal, the company would rather withdraw its service from the European market than comply.
- Experts and privacy advocates assert that mandatory scanning will weaken encryption, compromise journalists and activists, and may lead other countries to impose similar rules, threatening global secure communications.
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