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Chat Control approved: Certain EU countries will see your private messages. Is yours on the list? (euroweeklynews.com)

submitted 2 weeks ago by pylapp@programming.dev to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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[–] nutomic@lemmy.ml 23 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

EU officials are, incidentally, exempt from chat monitoring – which is quite convenient for someone like von der Leyen. Their communication is explicitly NOT to be monitored. The mere fact that those who drafted this law don't want it to apply to them tells you everything you need to know about it.

https://x.com/martinsonneborn/status/1995182586612609241

[–] mirshafie@europe.pub 9 points 2 weeks ago

These pathetic morons think they'll be safe through this exemption. In reality these deliberate security holes will affect everyone. How will these morons be safe when every person they have contact with IRL is a walking microphone for every foreign intelligence agency?

[–] DupaCycki@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

So you're telling me the one person who's been making deals behind closed doors (illegal), and then 'accidentally' deleting all messages regarding said deals (also illegal) will be exempt from having all their communication scanned?